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TIL The Red Cross raised over half a billion dollars to provide housing for the Haitians after their devastating earth quake, and only built a total of 6 homes

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OoObX TIl that following the Roman departure from Britain, systematic construction of paved highways in the UK did not resume until the early 18th century. The Roman road network remained the only nationally-managed highway system until the early 20th century.
rN0xe TIL motoring journalist Chris Harris got temporarily blacklisted from reviewing or buying Ferraris after publishing an article in which he accused the company of specially tuning their press cars to perform significantly better in magazine reviews than the production cars customers were buying.
eppo6 TIL that NYC trash collectors refer to maggots as "disco rice":
Lnpr TIL that Barbra Streisand constructed a 19th-century style shopping mall in her basement so that she can go out “shopping” for dolls, sweets, and gowns
eY4k TIL Chuck Berry is still alive and about to release an album in 2017. His first in 38 years!