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TIL The founder of Little Caesar’s Pizza paid Rosa Park’s rent for 10 years. When he learned she had been robbed and beaten in her Detroit home, he established a trust to cover the housing expenses and continued paying her rent every single month until she died in 2005

by whatilearned June 2, 2022, 6:31 pm

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TIL in the 1960s, Walt Disney planned to create EPCOT (Experimental Prototype Community of Tomorrow, an autocratic planned community to apply furutistic ideas about urbanism, transportation and housing

by whatilearned May 16, 2022, 1:13 pm

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TIL A Canadian woman is nearing approval for a medically assisted suicide after many failed attempts to find affordable housing that didn’t have triggers for her Multiple Chemical Sensitivities disability.

by whatilearned May 2, 2022, 9:02 pm

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TIL that the Lorilland Tobacco Company were successfully sued for sending company vans into housing projects to give out free Newport cigarettes to black children in the late 60s.

by whatilearned April 21, 2022, 7:36 am

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At which point do the American people say enough is enough and actually do something about skyhigh housing costs, not universal healthcare, student loan debt, etc?

by QuestionGuy March 25, 2022, 7:40 pm

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TIL since 2002, there’s been a German themed village housing German ex-pats and Korean spouses in South Korea which even hosts annual Oktoberfests

by whatilearned March 12, 2022, 5:14 pm

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TIL that in 2007, during the downturn of the California housing market, southern California seen a 276% rise in West Nile virus cases due to foreclosed home’s abandoned swimming pools that turned into mosquito breeding grounds.

by whatilearned March 9, 2022, 3:32 am

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TIL Old Hygiene Habits – Water heaters weren’t exactly common housing components during the 1800s, so it actually took a lot of work to heat up water for baths. As such, most families simply bathed one at the same time, one right after the other, rather than go through the hassle of heating water

by whatilearned January 27, 2022, 8:58 pm

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TIL that in Singapore, all newly developed public housing estates (HDB) must have a green plot ratio of 4.5. That means the total “leaf area” of plants and trees must cover at least 4.5 times the area of the development site itself.

by whatilearned December 10, 2021, 4:42 pm

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With the growing number of empty/underused malls why isn’t there a push to transform that space into affordable offices or housing? It seems that the infrastructure could make some great places to live or work?

by QuestionGuy November 27, 2021, 11:37 pm

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TIL that Sir Richard Whittington (Medieval Mayor of London, and inspiration for the Dick Whittington childrens stories) founded a charity upon his death in 1423. 600 years later, the charity is still operational, and continues to provide housing to the elderly and impoverished

by whatilearned November 13, 2021, 9:43 pm

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TIL that smoke detector manufacturers add bromine to the plastic housing, which turns it yellow after a number of years, acting as a visual indicator that it is old and needs replacing.

by whatilearned October 23, 2021, 11:29 pm

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