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TIL the Denton House is a historic building in New Hyde Park, New York that was built in 1795 as a farmhouse and converted to a Georgian-style mansion in the 1860s and is currently a McDonald's restaurant.

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9wMjX TIL There are two American actresses with the exact same name - Peyton List. One was born in 1986 and the other in 1998. Oddly, they were both in the same scene together on the soap opera As The World Turns. List (1986) was a regular on the show, while List (1998) was cast as an extra.
R7J8j TIL in 2005 a red panda called Babu escaped a nature centre in Birmingham for four whole days. He was awarded Brummie Of The Year for his exploits, and passed away in 2013 at age 8
7r1OZ TIL that Brig. Gen. Jimmy Stewart remained active in the USAF after the second world war, and flew his last combat mission over Vietnam in 1966.
16kVO TIL that “vampire” drones dock on power lines and recharge by “feeding” on the grid. They never need to land.
b584 TIL Steven Spielberg developed both Jurassic Park and Schindler’s List simultaneously in 1993. He worked on Jurassic Park at night and Schindler’s List during the day.