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TIL Boston City Hall has been described as "one of the world's ugliest buildings".

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vkj8 TIL that after radio host Tim Shaw told Jodie Marsh live on air that he would leave his wife and two children for her, Shaw’s wife listed his Lotus Esprit on Ebay for 50 pennies. The car sold within five minutes.
Wpno TIL Disneyland & Walt Disney World Rescue, Care For, Spay/Neuter and ‘Employ’ Hundreds Of Feral Cats To Help Control Mouse Population On Park Grounds
WkAQ8 TIL Charles Havlat was the last American soldier killed in WW2 just minutes after German and Allied officers had negotiated a ceasefire and a few hours before the German army’s surrender.
KO784 TIL that hundred thousands of kudzu plants were planted in the US South to fight erosion. The vine can spread over one foot a day and spread through runners, rhizomes and by vines that root at the nodes. It is now overtaking entire areas, outcompeting all other plants including trees
ep0k4 TIL Ted Turner was expelled from Brown University for having a female student in his dorm room.