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TIL about Guedelon - A Medieval Castle Being Built in France, Using Medieval Methods

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oBo4r TIL that Germany funded the 1917 communist revolution in Russian (Lenin and the Bolsheviks) to bring down the Russian monarchy it was at war with. Only for Lenin to attempt to fund a communist revolution in Germany later.
R59Yj TIL: Once when a journalist asked her if she was pregnant, then Pakistani prime minister Benazir Bhutto responded "No, I am not pregnant. I am fat. And, as the prime minister, its my right to be fat if I want to."
LQNLr TIL that in 2013, an officer of Nashville's Covenant Church (which runs the school where yesterday's shooting occurred) sued the Covenant organization for allegedly shielding a child molester. The whistleblow charged that Covenant engages in "cult-like abuse of authority over vulnerable children."
5Yrop TIL That the US Government invested $400 Billion in Internet Infrastructure that ISPs just never delivered on
nW6D7 TIL that Leonard Nemoy directed "Three Men and A Baby".