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TIL that on average US homes are around 3x bigger than UK homes

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p8Mnb TIL that Walt Disney held the patent for Technicolor for two years, making him the only animator allowed to make color animated films!
6Ej8w TIL that U.S. Congressman John Reilly bought the South Fork Dam, sold the dam's critical sluice pipes for scrap, then resold the dam to a club for wealthy families. Further alterations resulted in a failure that killed 2,209 people and destroyed 1,600 homes. No damages were paid.
D1Oov TIL The UK has the 'Whole Life Order' whereby a prisoner who is being sentenced to life imprisonment is ordered to serve that sentence without any possibility of parole. It has been reportedly issued in approximate 100 cases since its introduction in 1983.
kOrkm TIL almost an entire French town in 1951 was poisoned by ergot, the fungus LSD is made from. ”I am dead and my head is made of copper and I have snakes in my stomach and they are burning me,” screamed one man before trying to jump into a river
8oeK TIL OJ Simpson’s father was a well-known drag queen in the SF area and died of AIDS in 1986.