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TIL a man hand built a Lamborghini Countach replica in his basement and had to dig it out through his foundation to drive it.

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LNjd TIL King John of Bohemia (who was blind) died in battle (where his retainers would lead his horse into the thick of the fighting, where he would then flail his sword around) was reported to have said: “Let it never be the case that a Bohemian king runs [from a fight]!”
8ebnb Today I learned that there is a 1 Acre plot that belongs to the United States in Great Britain. It's a memorial for JFK, and Queen Elizabeth granted the plot to America
Rlvl TIL George Clooney has helped fund a satellite that documents and records war atrocities in Africa that would otherwise be ignored.
GAvl5 TIL: Abraham Lincoln’s dog Fido was also assassinated/murdered in 1865.
P6jJ TIL that former Egyptian President condemned/mocked the implementation of the Hajib