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TIL there is a building in Dubai called the Torch that caught fire three times between 2015 and 2019.

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b9jZp TIL Only about a third of black kids grow up with both their parents (in the USA), compared to 59% of Hispanic kids and 70% of white kids.
rR074 TIL of the Strauss–Howe generational theory. According to this theory, every 80 years is a crucial “fourth turning” of generations in American history. The “fourth turning” is necessarily marked by a crisis that has destroyed the social order and created a new one, after which a new cycle commences.
X7Dj TIL the “immortal” cancer cells of one woman, Henrietta Lacks, have been multiplying since her death in 1951 and have been used globally to research cancer, AIDS, the vaccine for polio, effects of radiation, gene mapping, and many other pursuits.
09Vj TIL Robert Downey Jr. pissed in jars and left them lying around the set of “Zodiac” to protest not having enough time to go to his trailer and relax.
7rgMX TIL During World War 2, an edible explosive was created under the code name “Aunt Jemima”-it was a mixture of flour and the powdery explosive HMX. It could pass for flour and even be used in cooking. It was smuggled by Chinese guerrillas to bypass Japanese checkpoints.