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TIL that there’s a house in the Adirondack Mountains that’s perfectly designed to survive the end of the world.

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M7eZm TIL that Gandhara is a historical region in today's Pakistan that was a Buddhist crossroads. In ancient times that region was influenced by Persians and Greeks due to Alexander the Great, the Mauryas and Indo-Greek Kingdom and became an ancient center of Buddhism.
R5nm8 TIL about a hurricane in 1926 that directly hit metro Miami at high-end Category 4 strength. It is speculated that this hurricane contributed to an early start to the Great Depression in the state and would have cost more than $200 billion if it were to occur in modern times.
V80B TIL that John Lennon’s father, Alfred Lennon, released an album in 1965. John was embarrassed by it so he had it pulled in Europe and the U.S.
woJ5E TIL that Bridget Cleary, born 19 February 1869, was murdered by her husband on 15 March 1895. She was either immolated or set on fire immediately after death. The husband claimed that she had been abducted by fairies and replaced with a changeling, which he then killed.
n8lW TIL that Buzz Aldrin’s first words on the moon were “Beautiful view. Magnificent desolation.”