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TIL Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world, is not connect to the sewer system, instead relying on a fleet of poop trucks

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18Ar TIL Zebras are responsible for more injuries to US zookeepers than any other animal.
gMkGA TIL that the opposite of "déjà vu" is "jamai vu" -- the sensation that you know rationally that you should be familiar with a thing, but you have an eerie sensation that you are seeing the thing for the first time.
mYLv TIL twice a year the sun perfectly lines up with the streets of New York, creating a phenomenon known as Manhattanhenge.
rNNXW TIL Contrary to popular belief, the City of New York was not named directly after York in England, but for the Duke of York, who was later crowned as King James II. When England seized the area from the Dutch, he was appointed as its proprietor by his older brother, King Charles II.
VB0GD TIL We Already Have Martian Rocks (Probably)