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TIL a Spite House is a building constructed to irritate neighbors and potential land owners. Because long-term occupation is not the primary purpose of these houses, they frequently sport strange and impractical structures.

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xV14b TIL While dining with the Saudi King, Chruchill was told he could neither smoke nor drink, for religious reasons. He replied that, “My religion prescribed as an absolute sacred ritual smoking cigars and drinking alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and the intervals between them.”
AOw4 TIL of the “Night-Witches,” a Russian regiment of all-female aviators during WWII. Despite only flying slow, obsolete planes, the regiment is said to have dropped over 3,000 tons of bombs and each pilot to have flown over 1,000 missions.
kObrE TIL that when Marie Curie ran out of radium for her research in 1921, a women's magazine lead a crowdfunding campaign and raised $100,000 to buy her some more.
MeRd8 TIL that Germany has launched a rocket with yeast on board into space. When the rocket returns the yeast will be used to make beer. Making it effectively space beer.
oRmxr TIL that Monday kicked off Good Night Lights week in Providence, RI, where each night at 8:30pm residents with a view of Hasbro Children’s Hospital flicker lights in their homes for one minute to signal goodnight to patients there.