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TIL Sears used to sell entire houses in a ‘Do It Yourselves’ kit!

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kOxgW TIL that California Governor Leland Stanford Sr. lost his only child to Typhoid. Because of this, Stanford Sr. decided to honor his dead son by spending his fortune to build Stanford University, telling his wife that "the children of California shall be our children".
oBO0E TIL: Wreaths Across America was started by the same family that owns a wreath manufacturer, Worcester Wreath. 75-80% of Worcester Wreath's business is supplying wreaths to the charity though an essentially no-bid contract.
k5dm TIL Kanye West once gave his mic to a fan in a wheelchair at a concert
L78P TIL that 10 years ago a man who went for a job interview for the BBC was accidentally mistaken for a tech expert and was interviewed on live tv
8eaZ TIL that from 1936-1964 there was a travel guide for African Americans that listed integrated or black-friendly establishments.