Tonight in Austin Improv: Friday, August 30
Posted: August 29th, 2019, 11:43 pm
~ The 2019 Out of Bounds Comedy Festival ~
Schedule and tickets at https://oobfest.com
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FACT OF THE DAY: In 1919, a con man named J.D. McMahon designed and built a four-story skyscraper on an 18x10-foot lot in downtown Wichita Falls, TX after raising $200,000 for its construction. The “world’s littlest skyscraper,” which still stands, uses about 25% of its interior space for the stairwell between the floors. McMahon’s investors sued him, but lost in court when it was proven he had followed his blueprints exactly; the plans showed the building to be 480” tall, not 480’ as the victims were led to believe.

Schedule and tickets at https://oobfest.com
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FACT OF THE DAY: In 1919, a con man named J.D. McMahon designed and built a four-story skyscraper on an 18x10-foot lot in downtown Wichita Falls, TX after raising $200,000 for its construction. The “world’s littlest skyscraper,” which still stands, uses about 25% of its interior space for the stairwell between the floors. McMahon’s investors sued him, but lost in court when it was proven he had followed his blueprints exactly; the plans showed the building to be 480” tall, not 480’ as the victims were led to believe.