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TIL houses in Amsterdam have hooks built into the top front to help people move things in and out of upper story windows

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Mevd8 TIL that the most expensive party in recorded history was hosted by the then Shah of Iran to celebrate the 2500th year anniversary of the Persian Empire. The party invited the world leaders of 65 nations. In today’s money the party would’ve cost around $650,000,000
m1jJR TIL about the Operation Flicker - Child Porn investigation at the Pentagon.
9Y6L6 TIL that there is a battery-powered bell that was set up in 1840 and has run nearly continuously ever since. It holds the Guinness World Record as "the world's most durable battery delivering ceaseless tintinnabulation (a ringing or tinkling sound).
ynZv TIL that there has only been one confirmed case of a person being hit by a meteor. Ann Hodges was napping on the couch when the rock broke through her ceiling, bounced off her radio and bruised her upper thigh.
LQrBv TIL that the only time when more than half of the American public believed that the Apollo space program was worth the expense came at the time of the Apollo 11 lunar landing in 1969. Even then it only received 53% approval.