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TIL a Chinese doctor spent 6 years illegally building a mountainous stone penthouse on top of a residential urban tower, “complete with boulders, trees, gardens, pools and ponds.”

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VkJm TIL that I, V, X, L, C, D, M aren’t the only letters used in roman numerals; “S” is used to represent ½ along with dots for other fractions
lLPV TIL that “Butt” is a medieval unit of measurement for wine. A butt load of wine is 129 gallons.
R5pMl TIL, the "Mayor"/owner of Hell, Michigan was shot in Vietnam, mistaken for dead and put in a body bag, even though he was still alive.
eaoL TIL a swedish transexual was kicked out of a feminist movement, bullied, then committed suicide for being a man.
DLKY TIL Lemmy’s aim for Motorhead was that it would “be so loud that if we move in next door to you, your lawn will die”