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

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R5Nb8 Today I learned that a key part of toilets is called the "Toilet Flapper." Another is called the "Ballcock"
Zp5aa TIL Squashing doesn't prevent ants in the house. Ants come and collect the squashed ants if you leave them there and they get a free meal. Ants will rarely have five per cent of the colony outside of the colony at any time
WklgN TIL that in 2015, the city of Toronto took too long to pick a dead raccoon off the sidewalk so Torontoans made a memorial to it.
gQD TIL WiFi was invented in Australia by CSIRO scientists and received $220 million dollars from US companies in compensation for using the technology.
VGB4 TIL in 2002, Bruce Willis’ daughter suggested giving Girl Scout cookies to troops. He bought 12,000 boxes and delivered them to troops stationed throughout the Middle East.