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TIL Equatorial Guinea built a complex of 52 identical mansions with helipads, one for every African leader attending the week-long African Union summit. The houses are all empty

by whatilearned August 16, 2022, 2:39 am

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How did medieval country villages form? Don’t farmers (tenant/crofters/serfs) live on their farms? Then whose houses are clumped together to form the village?

by HistoryBuff July 20, 2022, 9:15 am

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TIL that the Capitol was designed to have George Washington’s tomb on public display. Both houses passed bills saying he should be buried there, and his wife consented, but due to various delays it took until 1830 for it to be viable. After an attempted theft of his head, the project was cancelled.

by whatilearned June 29, 2022, 2:25 pm

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TIL about the álfhól or elf homes of Iceland . Tiny houses built around the country for the Huldufólk (elves) of the Island.

by whatilearned June 21, 2022, 4:47 pm

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TIL that in the early eighties, interest rates on homes had skyrocketed to 18% due to dramatic inflation in the seventies. However, this dropped the price of houses to $82,500, around $280,000 when adjusted for inflation.

by whatilearned June 12, 2022, 2:27 am

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How can people keep their houses clean with busy schedules?

by QuestionGuy June 2, 2022, 7:13 pm

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TIL about “Pittsburgh toilets,” common fixtures in pre-WWII houses built in Pittsburgh, PA and surrounding region. It consists of an ordinary flush toilet installed in the basement, with no surrounding walls to in order to prevent sewage backups from occurring on the main floor of the house.

by whatilearned May 31, 2022, 5:59 pm

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Communism, capitalism, both are functionally obsolete in a society wherein we can 3D print houses.

by CopyPastaArchive May 26, 2022, 10:42 pm

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People that sit in their houses, with the blinds open, the lights on, at night, why do you do this?

by QuestionGuy May 7, 2022, 4:47 am

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Lost World: Prehistoric Houses Found in Lake Ohrid Thrill Archeologists

by HistoryBuff May 5, 2022, 9:18 pm

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Why are Italians always locked out of their houses when they get home?

by cringeyjokesman April 19, 2022, 11:42 pm

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TIL of the Potato Park. A seed bank in Peru, it is managed by Indigenous communities and focuses on Andean crops and plants. It specialises in potatoes, and houses samples of 2300 of the 4000 varieties in the world

by whatilearned April 16, 2022, 6:13 am

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