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TIL the second tallest building in the world is in Malaysia - Merdeka 118 (679m / 2227ft)

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OoMLY TIL in 1891 Chicago issued a challenge to all engineers to build a structure that would surpass The Eiffel Tower. The engineer who won proposed a giant rotating wheel that will lift visitors high above the city. The inventor of this giant wheel's name was George Ferris.
e0yEL TIL that Hessy Levinsons Taft, who was featured in Nazi propaganda as the “Perfect Aryan Baby” was actually Jewish.
grOly TIL about Art Laboe, a California DJ who made his professional radio debut in 1943 and continued working until 2022, a total of 79 years. His final program was produced one day before he died at age 97.
gMj8W TIL: Cap’n Crunch’s full name is Horatio Magellan Crunch
OGP7e TIL Monty Python came to Germany in 1972, long before many other countries. The comedians were invited by Alfred Biolek to make TV specials in Germany, the first was performed phonetically and the second was dubbed. Terry Jones could still recite the German lumberjack song fourty years later.