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TIL symbolically named Torch Tower building in Dubai have catches fire 2 times in 2 years

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KvJG TIL Leonardo Da Vinci’s last words were: “I have offended God and Mankind, by doing so little with my life.”
R7Ep7 TIL while making Moana, Disney producers visited the South Pacific and assembled an "Oceanic Story Trust" comprised of local cultural experts to advise on accuracy of details. Maui was originally bald but he was redrawn with a full head of hair as hair symbolized mana (power) in Polynesian culture.
kab7 TIL that at the 2012 London Olympics, American athlete Manteo Mitchell broke his leg 200 meters into his 400 meter leg of the race. Despite this, he finished fast enough for his team to qualify for the finals.
Z8Lj4 TIL About a Canadian drink called the sour toe. It consists of a mummified human toe at the bottom of a whiskey shot. People donate their toes for the tradition
6EQDQ TIL of the "Chicken poop prison" in Thailand. The ceiling of the cells was a grate, and chickens were cared for above the cell. Their dung was then allowed to drop freely onto the criminal within.