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Today I learned How Shopping Malls Are Being Transformed Into Apartments In The U.S.

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P4OL TIL when a Marvel comic book writer apologized to Samuel L. Jackson for basing Nick Fury on him in 2002, he said, “Fuck, no, man. Thanks for the 9 picture deal.”
6EXgJ TIL people are more likely to donate to a sick dog than a sick child. A charity ran an experiment where they asked for money and exchanged the picture of a child for that of a dog. More people chose to donate to the dog.
nW8A9 TIL a Chinese club brought cricket to North Korea after deciding where to play their next tournament in a Shanghai pub one night in 2008
v1xg8 TIL African American architect Paul Williams learned to draw upside down because white clients were uncomfortable sitting next to a black man. He practiced mostly in Southern California and designed the homes of numerous celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Lucille Ball and Desi Arnaz, Lon Chaney
AD1oa TIL about the Jantar Mantar observatory built in the early 1700's in Jaipur. A set of 19 massive and highly accurate astronomical instruments