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TIL of the Angulo brothers. Six brothers who were locked in their apartment by their father for 14 years. They found a passion in watching, and often reenacting, over 10,000 movies in their free time.

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9YPXG TIL that at the Hoover dam construction the first worker death was that of J. G. Tierney and the last death was that of his son Patrick Tierney which came 14 years after the death of his father
VM08Q TIL in 1809 Theodore Hook made a bet that he could make any house in London the most talked-about address in a week. He sent out 1000s of letters in the name of Mrs Tottenham of 54 Berners Street, requesting deliveries, visitors, and assistance. A large part of London was brought to a standstill.
9wwap TIL Fruit flies have a gene named “Jim Lovell”, after the famous astronaut, which is necessary for flies to respond to gravity
N7XJ TIL that filmmaker Richard Linklater has been working on a 12 year film since 2002, filming a fictional narrative of a boy growing up, as the boy really grows up
xVbWB TIL a Texas professor failed his entire class and quit, because he thought that all of his students were disruptive or dishonest and therefore didn’t deserve to pass the course. He said the class was his worst in his 20 years of teaching.