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TIL two kids burnt down a 14th century castle by accident

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kOQVW TIL that starting with one red paper-clip, a man was able in 14 ensuing trades to get a house.
kgkg TIL of Tanya Savicheva, a young Russian girl who kept a diary through the siege of Leningrad. The last entry is “All Savichevs died. Now remains only Tanya.” Tanya later died as well.
ne4yG TIL about one of the rare cases of the Lazarus Syndrome. Walter Williams, 78, from Lexington, Mississippi, declared by a coroner at his home on 26 February 2014. Once at a funeral home, he was found to be moving. The next day he was well enough to be talking with family, but died fifteen days later.
DQG4V TIL that Stanley Kubrick had a full-size replica of the Overlook Hotel's Colorado Lounge built on a soundstage in England for The Shining (1980) and intentionally designed it with impossible architecture and spatial inconsistencies to subtly unnerve the audience
jrN TIL that the Mexican Gov. attempted to ban religion in the 1917.