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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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NXVbb TIL that the Brazilian village of Candido Godoi, 7k inhabitants mostly of German descent, have the greatest birth rate of twins in the world (1/5 births). Some believe it is the result of genetic experiments of nazi medic Mengele, notorious for his obsession with creating an Aryan race.
W7oWo TIL The US Military had a Second Battle of Midway where they waged war against albatross (gooney birds) and had killed tens of thousands of them before giving up and leaving the atoll
GAJXJ TIL That the theoretical black dwarf star is expected to be able to live for up to 10 to the power of 32000 years, meaning that when they go supernova may make it the last transient to occur before the heat death of the universe.
ex9b TIL A sailor in the British Royal Navy may only grow a beard if they can achieve a ‘respectably full enough beard’ after two weeks’ growth.
0d4Qv TIL that the village of Westward Ho! is the only place in the British Isles with an exclamation mark in its name