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TIL A developer illegally demolished a home in San Francisco, only to have the city tell him to build an exact replica of the previous structure.

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LQAG0 TIL an innovative satellite launched in 1962, Telstar 1, was accidentally damaged beyond use by Cold War nuclear bombs. After transmitting the first TV and phone signals and images from space, it broke down due to damage from Soviet & American nuclear tests, but still orbits the earth today.
LoZr Today I learned Peter Jackson owns the movie rights to a book series about Dragons in the Napoleonic War
oR5NE TIL that two libraries in Portugal allow bats to nest in them, because they eat bugs that would eat the books.
b9Pma TIL that in 1904 a British mission lead by Colonel Francis Younghusband killed 1,300 Tibetans in Gyangzê. This is omitted in every Western media statement about Tibetan independence from PRC.
mYQY TIL That an Eagle can swim and is something that most of them do, although it is rarely seen