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TIL of "the Bat man", a married woman's lover kept in her attic for 10 years.

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vPB4D TIL that one of the last songs to play at the World Trade Center before the towers collapsed was a cover of "How Deep is your Love"
KOEZw TIL Dasrath Manjhi spent 1960 to 1982 chiseling away at a mountain, without anyone assisting him, to create a new road which shortened the driving distance to his village by 40 km. He was motivated by the fact that his wife died from being unable to get to a hospital in time.
ggd9 TIL that the FBI spent two years analysing the lyrics to Louie Louie for obscenities. The results were inconclusive.
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