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TIL that the original surveyors of Mount Everest lied and added 2 feet to its height to make it 29,002 feet, because they didn’t think people would believe them if they said it was really 29,000 feet high.

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JYv51 TIL The worlds biggest shopping mall (The Dubai Mall ) has over 1200 stores, is 10 million square feet and has access to the worlds tallest building (Burj Khalifa).
4LON TIL that Peregrine Falcons are the fastest member of the animal kingdom. With a top recorded dive speed of 242mph
nW9xP TIL Forcing your eyes to work harder doesn’t increase the strength of eye muscles so wearing lenses doesn’t increase your dependence on glasses. if one eye is weaker, your brain is trained to use the stronger eye and the weaker eye could turn into lazy eye
8aV98 TIL a woman sued a TV weatherman after he predicted a sunny day, causing her to go out lightly dressed - and when it turned stormy, she caught the flu, missed 4 days’ work, spent $38 on medication, and suffered stress. The case was settled out of cоurt for $1000, and the weatherman apologised to her
XE04Q TIL that modern fire departments/brigades have their origins from when property-insurance companies had their own fire departments.