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TIL After 9 months of procrastination and zero work on the project, Frank Lloyd Wright created the plans for Fallingwater in 2.5 hrs after hearing the client happened to be in town and was on his way to Frank's office.

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M8oB TIL that Noodles, the guitarist for The Offspring, was a custodian at the school the band went to. He was allowed into the band because he was old enough to buy alcohol.
6E1m7 TIL that on 17th May 1972, 10,000 London school kids went on strike to march against caning, detention, uniforms and ‘headmaster dictatorships’. Abandoning lessons to march on County Hall, the government thought it so serious MI5 and the Special Branch were involved to spy on 'school activists.
e98n TIL Quentin Tarantino was nominated for best supporting actor by Saturn, and worst supporting actor, by the Razzies, for the same film; From Dusk Till Dawn
wgG6 TIL the United States has the 4th largest native Spanish-speaking population in the world, and has more native speakers than Spain
VMvgk TIL that in 1777 there was a plot to replace George Washington with a "Horatio Gates". Although there is no direct evidence of a conspiracy, it is still quite an interesting moment in history. Especially the ending with the pistol duel between Conway & Cadwalader. Had never heard of this story