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TIL that Canadian sports network rivals TSN and SportsNet were once based at the same office complex, with only a parking lot separating the two. Workers would refer to leaving one channel for the other as “crossing the lot”

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ne4W9 TIL that the ‘104 days of summer vacation’ referenced in the Phineas and Ferb cartoon song was used because co-creator Dan Povenmire only expected the show to last 52 episodes, like most Disney Channel shows lasted at the time, and there were two segments per episode, making it 104.
6EAYY TIL: While cleaning up after an art exhibit in 1959, a group of janitors set out to prove they could make art that was just as good as what was on display. Their snuck-in piece of discarded scrap metal won a ribbon for merit.
KYjoG TIL John D. Rockefeller's father, William Rockefeller, was a literal con artist. He erroneously claimed to be a "botanic physician" and peddled "miracle" elixirs.
5wAn TIL this man owed $134 in property taxes. The District of Columbia sold the lien to an investor who foreclosed on his $197,000 house and sold it.
epwLg TIL Pedro Rodrigues Filho, one of Brazil's most prolific killers. Having killed between 71-100+ criminals as a vigilante (including his father), he was given a the maximum sentence in Brazil of 30 years. Filho now has a successful YouTube career with 250k subs