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TIL that 60,000+ rent-stabilized apartments in NYC are vacant as a means of creating artificial scarcity (almost twice the amount as in 2019)

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XmaQ TIL that the Nazis tried to build a Super-weapon named the V3 cannon, with a range of 165km and the potential to hit London in 2 minutes with it’s 310lb armament. An installation of 25 guns was in the final stages of construction when it was destroyed by the famous RAF Dambusters.
n7rP TIL Rather than apply for a building permit before starting construction, a UK farmer hid his newly built castle behind a massive wall of hay bales for four years, at which point he applied for a certificate of lawfulness
d8R9E TIL the ‘Swiss Army Man’ directors had a dummy made up of Daniel Radcliffe, assuming he didn’t want to do the weird, nude, farting stunts and lay around in dirt. But he loved it so much, he insisted on doing every scene.
kjPd TIL that a Russian man is suing Bethesda (developers of Fallout 4) claiming he wasn’t warned about the addictive nature of the game: He played for three weeks straight, stopping just for sleep. He lost his job and his wife
JYNaj TIL: There is a Japanese version of John Denver's "Country Road"