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TIL Donald Watson, who coined the word vegan, said he got the term from the word vegetarian by taking its first three letters and its last two letters because "veganism starts with vegetarianism and carries it through to its logical conclusion".

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NX8R8 TIL that Chinese businessman Zhang Biqing spent six years building a $130,000 artificial mountain villa on the roof of a Beijing high-rise apartment building. In 2013, following numerous complaints from neighbors, the Chinese government ordered Biqing to dismantle the two-story villa within 15 days.
Ejdw TIL the Rolling Stones were criticized for high ticket prices on their 1969 US tour so they decided to hold a free concert. The festival was organized by the Grateful Dead and took place at the Altamont Speedway in 1969. It was a disaster, and signalled the end of the hippie movement.
QNP9p TIL about Seven Magic Mountains, a large-scale desert artwork in Nevada. Created by the Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone, it consists of seven fluorescently-painted totems of large, car-size stones stacked 32 feet (9.8 m) high.
7rRxx TIL that tin foil hats are actually a very bad way of keeping signals out of your brain - tin foil actually amplifies those signals.
epD8D TIL of the Town of Bingham Canyon, which was founded as a copper mining town in 1863, before being completely consumed by the copper mine as it grew. The Bingham Canyon Mine is now the largest man-made open pit mine in the world, and one of the deepest as well.