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TIL that a man bet his friend that he could make any house famous. To accomplish this, he wrote thousands of letters requesting services at 54 Berners Street. So many people showed up on the day that parts of London were shut down. The man (who watched it unfold from across the street) won the bet.

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GYdrg TIL the Griswold's home in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation is the same home from American Beauty
KOeGa TIL-A pivotal point in Chris Gardner's life (The Pursuit of Happyness) occurred when he saw a stockbroker in a red Ferrari. After becoming a successful businessman, he would later buy a black Ferrari from Michael Jordan with the license place-NOT MJ.
8eena TIL that Countess Magdalena "Nina" von Stauffenberg, wife of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (key player in the 20 July plot against Hitler in 1944) was a third cousin to the Duke of Edinburg, the late Prince Philip. She died in 2006.
JLBj TIL there are two scores in golf that rank above an Eagle. They are an Albatross (3 under par) and a Condor (4 under par)
bX69 TIL that crocodiles can easily survive losing a limb or being badly wounded because of their superior immune system and the restriction of blood flow (heading: Anti-biotic)