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TIL that Kpop group EXO is the first and only non-royalty to be displayed on the Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world.

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Yar TIL That Apple’s Micro-SIM cards are just regular SIM cards with extraneous plastic removed
ylrl TIL Waiters’ Perception That Black People Tip Less is Actually True. Research From Cornell Hotel School.
GYbYJ TIL that Popeye the sailor man was based on a real guy from Illinois.
Kap6 TIL of Mark Landis, a small town painter who over the course of many years painted exact replicas of famous works of art, and donated them to over 60 different institutions in 20 states, duping them into believing the works were authentic. Although deceptive, his acts were not technically illegal.
YpbA7 TIL if 117-year-old Japanese supercentenarian Kane Tanaka lives for another 21 days, she will become the third oldest person in recorded history. Today she is in fifth place behind Nabi Tajima and Lucy Hannah who lived 20 and 8 days more than her respectively.