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TIL that a man spent 17 years building a Lamborghini from scratch in his basement and then smashed a hole in his house to get it out

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J1R78 TIL that All of the used nuclear fuel produced by the U.S. nuclear energy industry over the last 60 years could fit on a football field to a height of approximately 10 yards
X0n8j TIL there's a declassified CIA Simple Sabotage Field Manual
6Er7W TIL: In Japan a 63 year old fisherman and karate expert fought off a bear, then drove himself to the hospital
9YQAm TIL the first Soviet probe sent to Mars' moon Phobos failed due to user error. While the probe was still on its way to Mars, an impatient technician who didn't want to wait for his code to be proofread unintentionally sent a command to the probe to shut down and there was no way to turn it back on.
46VJ TIL after Nat King Cole moved to an affluent L.A. neighborhood a burning cross was left in his yard. Afterwards, his homeowners association told him they didn’t want undesirables moving in. Cole retorted, “Neither do I. And if I see anybody undesirable coming in here, I’ll be the first to complain.”