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TIL that the Burj Khalifa is so tall, that residents above the 80th floor must wait two to three minutes longer to break their fast during Ramadan because you can see the sun for longer than you can on lower levels.

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EgMJw TIL Jacob Miller was shot in the head during the Civil War. Left for dead, he regained consciousness hours later and lived for another 54 years
ZpGG4 TIL In 2018, a restaurant in Maine started sedating their lobsters with marijuana smoke, saying it gave them a humane death.
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