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TIL there is a charity that buys up mortgages that have gone to collection for pennies on the dollar, then frees the homeowners of the debt. They’ve erased more than $14M so far!

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6ENQw TIL the Pentagon has twice as many toilet facilities needed for a building of its size because it had to conform with the Commonwealth of Virginia's racial segregation laws during construction.
Rpx1 TIL that the Beatles once approached Stanley Kubrick with the idea of shooting Lord of the Rings films… Starring themselves. Tolkein shot them down.
69b8X TIL that the entire Southwest fleet is Boeing 737’s.
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