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TIL Dublin was once a colony of the UK city of Bristol

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epgEn TIL In 1989, Pastor Jack Hyles told a church member to start living in his basement alone and pray against all the sin he saw around him, while secretly having an affair with the man's wife upstairs. When the member complained, Hyles built him a backyard bedroom, and the situation lasted 12 years.
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Egjp TIL: There is a replica of the White House in Atlanta which was built as a Private Home
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Ldpd TIL: China used more cement in the last three years than the U.S. used in the entire 20th century.