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TIL that Lincoln Logs were invented by Frank Lloyd Wright’s son John, utilizing a stacking technique used by the two men during their joint design of a Japanese earthquake-proof hotel. After Frank fell out with his son and refused to pay him for his work, John patented the technique as retaliation.

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nWwyr TIL that when the small town of Delton, Michigan received a foreign exchange student, the host family thought the Austrian boy had exaggerated his size. Bernhard Raimann a) was 6' 6" tall and b) wanted to play American football. He dominated local teams, got a college scholarship, and is in the NFL.
LAem TIL Bob barker is a black belt in karate and was trained by Chuck Norris and his brother Aaron. He volunteered to fight Adam Sandler in their scene together in Happy Gilmore
69dGY TIL There is a drink popular in the Caribbean called peanut punch made with peanut butter, milk and sugar. Some think it's an aphrodisiac. In Jamaica it has white rum or stout beer for an added kick.
yM9v TIL Benjamin Franklin designed one of the first U.S. coins and instead of “In God We Trust” it said “Mind Your Business”
4XZRJ TIL: Two stones set in to a quiet Edinburgh street mark the site of Scotland's last hanging (in 1815) of convicted highwaymen. Sympathy for the executed men and folklore over the decades spawned a legend that the cement around the stones never fully dries.