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TIL that Yosemite Sam never said "What in tarnation?" in the classic Looney Tunes era

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MRyK TIL that according to English law, the “Right to light” states that the owner of a building with windows that have received natural daylight for 20 years or more is entitled to forbid any construction or other obstruction that would deprive him or her of that illumination.
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