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TIL that about 30,000, or 24% of the world's cranes, are currently operating in Dubai

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om6E TIL There is a famous film composer named Christian Paul Bacon, aka Chris P. Bacon
GYWL7 TIL A Brazilian man found a penguin covered in oil and close to death. He nursed him back to health and since then the Penguin swims 3 to 5 thousand miles every year to spend time with his human soulmate.
VMgP4 TIL the nurse being kissed by the sailor in the iconic V-J photo went unidentified for 20 years, when she self-identified and explained she "had stepped outside to see what the commotion was when I suddenly found myself in a sailor's embrace." The two had never met, and the photo was caught by luck.
nE4P TIL Bela Lugosi, who portrayed Dracula in many films, was actually born in Transylvania
KYwJ6 Til a girl who survived Asiana plane crash was killed by a SFO firetruck that been dispatched to rescue survivors and extinguish flames from the burning Boeing 777.