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TIL between 1908 and 1940, it was possible to buy a house in the Sears Catalogue. The materials needed for building the house would be delivered, with assembly required on site. Over 70,000 homes were built this way.

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D1bVe TIL About Joginder Singh, an Indian soldier who single-handedly killed 56 people in one battle with a bayonet.
Y7aVZ TIL that Australia had its first fatal Kangaroo attack in 86 years in September 2022
9Yr4r TIL that the poet who coined the phrases, “Variety’s the very spice of life” and “God moves in a mysterious way” was institutionalized for insanity, depression, and suicide attempts, but was also a forerunner of the Abolitionist movement.
7rExr TIL about Le Gentil. In 1760, went to India to see transit of Venus. He missed it, so he waited there for 8 years until the next one. When he returned, he learned that he had been declared dead: His estate had been divided up, his wife had remarried, and his position at the academy was given away.
gZWA TIL in countries such as Germany, Denmark, and Iceland, your baby’s name must be on an approved list.