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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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QJDY6 TIL that the terms "upper case" and "lower case" originated from the common layouts of drawers, called cases, used to hold movable type for letterpress printing. Capitol (or majuscule) letters were stored in the upper case; smaller (or minuscule) letters, in the lower case.
PY1Ng TIL Raúl Esparza (ADA Rafael Barba in Law and Order: SVU) has been nominated in all Tony categories for which an actor is eligible.
BrDaL TIL a man lived 555 days without his heart, he used instead device he carried on his backpack to pump blood through his body, enabling him to do all sorts of things while awaiting transplant
gvwb TIL There was a ten foot tall ape called Gigantopithecus that is now thought to be extinct. The fossil record also indicates that they most likely buried their dead, which indicates a cognitive level that only one other ape possesses.
rR1L4 TIL Sweden had a racial purity programme until 1976. More than 60,000 people were sterilized. People could apply to have "problem families" in neighborhood sterilized.