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TIL that the Burj Khalifa is so tall that inhabitants above the 80th floor have to wait 2 additional minutes to break their Ramadan fast compared to people on the ground, while people above the 150th floor have to wait an additional 3 minutes.

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b96B0 TIL there's a lesser known third Opium War fought in 1967 on Laos
pY95G Today I Learned Retail gas prices stay high longer despite a drop in the price of crude so companies can make a higher margin
x6KpD TIL when Rita Hayworth learned the atomic bomb that was scheduled to be tested at Bikini atoll would feature her likeness, she was offended. Her husband Orson Welles later recalled she was the angriest she had ever been thinking it was a publicity stunt orchestrated by the head of Columbia Pictures.
JYVa8 TIL Director James Cameron sketched the nude portrait of Kate Winslet used in the movie "Titanic."
mmEM TIL that an atomic bomb cameraman ripped his safety goggles a split second before the bomb exploded. He immediately covered his eyes with his hand and saw his hand’s bones through his closed eyelids just like in an X-ray.