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TIL it takes three months to clean the windows of the Burj Khalifa, and it's done four times a year, so the 36-man team's process never stops.

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vRn4 TIL in 1386 a pig was dressed in people-clothes and then publicly executed by hanging for the murder of a child. The punishment was decided through an actual trial.
RWOl TIL In 1969 a 14 year old boy managed to sneak into John Lennon’s hotel room with a reel-to-reel recorder and Lennon actually agreed to be interviewed by him. The recording still exists.
gMxBW TIL that it is much more healthier to drink from copper bottle than usual glass/plastic bottle as it provides minerals essential for human. Also, in the ancient time people used to drink from such bottles.
KOV9E TIL that one of the earliest examples of “OMG” being used was in a letter to Winston Churchill in 1917. “I hear that a new order of Knighthood is on the tapis—O.M.G. (Oh! My God!)” – Lord Fisher
dQx9 TIL Roseanne Barr was offered the role of Peg Bundy on Married With Children but turned it down to create her own sitcom Roseanne. Both shows are credited with pioneering sitcoms about dysfunctional families.