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Those who are a child of divorced parents and spent your childhood between two different houses. What is something that those of us raised in a single house don’t understand/consider?

by QuestionGuy January 16, 2022, 3:17 pm

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TIL in Italian occupied Ethiopia, two men tried to kill the Viceroy. In response the Italian army and Italian civilians went on a killing spree, burning down houses, and killing an estimated 20% of the population of Addis Ababa including sympathetic Ethiopians. Italy still downplays the massacre.

by whatilearned January 15, 2022, 6:48 pm

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TIL The owner of a $169 Million condo in NYC in Billionaire’s Row has never stepped foot in the building, considers it an investment. The super slim skyscrapers that make up Billionaire’s Row sit empty most of the time as many of the owners of the units have 7 or 8 other houses they rotate living in

by whatilearned January 13, 2022, 5:10 am

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TIL about the the transmitter for WLW radio outside Cincinnati, until the output was reduced in 1939 from 500,000 watts, would cause lights to not turn off until WLW engineers rewired houses, a nearby hotel sign never went dark and farmers reported hearing WLW through their barbed-wire fences.

by whatilearned December 6, 2021, 9:30 pm

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You’re a reverse thief, What would you secretly place in peoples houses to freak them out?

by QuestionGuy December 3, 2021, 6:25 pm

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This is from a time when men delivered milk to people’s houses, and when Old Lady Doris ordered 40 gallons of milk.

by cringeyjokesman November 7, 2021, 5:55 pm

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Why do you think sitcoms always portray middle class families living in nice, luxurious suburban houses, yet the parents are always portrayed to work shitty jobs and be poor/broke?

by QuestionGuy October 27, 2021, 1:03 am

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Redditors who live in houses built more than 100 years ago: what are some “secrets” about your house (ex. History, unopened doors, discoveries, etc)?

by QuestionGuy October 23, 2021, 1:02 am

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TIL Marcus Licinius Crassus arguably the richest man in ancient Rome was known to show up to burning houses with a fire brigade, offering to put out the fire if the owner first sold him the house at a miserable price. If the owner refused, he would let the house burn to the ground.

by whatilearned October 21, 2021, 6:29 pm

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TIL on 13th October 1908 Travers Symons escaped from her escort in the Houses of Parliament, burst into the main chamber, interrupted a debate by shouting, & thus became the first woman to speak in the House of Commons. She couldn’t be arrested, the police having no power in the Houses of Parliament

by whatilearned October 13, 2021, 9:52 pm

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Redditors who’s job requires them to go into other people’s houses, what is the weirdest shit you’ve seen?

by QuestionGuy October 11, 2021, 6:55 pm

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People who live in houses off remote highways far from nearby towns, what do you do for a living?

by QuestionGuy September 27, 2021, 3:53 am

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