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TIL Burj Khalifa (tallest building in the world) was built by Samsung!

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OGgxa TIL that the origin of why married couples become 'one' & women take their husband's surname dates back to the 1600s, where coverture prohibited women from having any legal identity or rights b/c they were considered 'one' with the husband and therefore subsumed his identity.
RKew TIL until the enactment of Robin’s Law in 2000, retired military working dogs were routinely euthanized, b/c the dogs were classified as equipment & were thought to be unable to adjust to civilian life. The law is named after a military handler who tried to adopt his dog before it was euthanized.
M7Ll7 TIL that Syrtaki, the folk dance most commonly associated with Greece was originally choreographed for a 1964 film
WEOB TIL That during the American Revolution we used “Columbia” to describe all of America, like we say, “Land of the Free, Home of the Brave, ‘Murica!” That’s why the capital is called Washington, District of Columbia.
r9Bw TIL that paleontologists have no idea how dinosaurs had sex