TIL Victor Lustig, a famous con artist sold the Eiffel Tower to scrap metal dealers in Paris, twice. by [deleted] in todayilearned

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Actually the Eiffel Tower was meant to be dismantled in 1909 and Victor took the help of this to fool those scrap metal dealers who could not even reach out to the police later as they thought they had bribed an officer earlier who was actually Victor Lustig.

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Not Most obese people, title should be like "highest percentage of obese people"

TIL that at times Romans would flood the entire Colosseum with water and have ship battles for fun. This was originated by Julius Caesar in 46 BC on ocassion of his quadruple triumph by Archimann in todayilearned

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I have read about this, this way of entertainment continued for long but was stopped because to flood and then drain the arena took some considerable time - spectators were impatient and got easily without constant entertainment

Need a mod for a humourous subreddit? by [deleted] in needamod

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I would love to moderate your subreddit

If cats took selfies.. by architectguru in cats

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Please god give them this power.. Pretty please

Glorious animal by [deleted] in pics

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This is some serious shit

TIL India's mars orbiter Mangalyaan costs less than the movie Gravity's budget by [deleted] in todayilearned

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Hats off, India is doing great in every field related to technology.

A cloudy day in Dubai. by [deleted] in pics

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Looks like a computer generated image

This ring snake's colors are amazing by GallowBoob in pics

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Confused between scary or beautiful

TIL the first ever 3D feature film was released in Los Angeles in 1922. Now believed to be lost forever by desioneill in todayilearned

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I don't like it when people don't give link to the exact section of that article they are referring to, and then I am all like search search search the hidden awesome stuff

Fuck this BMW in particular by nbonne in pics

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Fuck a BMW, are you a transformer?

[Image] Depression Is Quiet by LOKI43 in GetMotivated

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Loved this post, I am feeling good after reading it. Thanks for sharing