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TIL that for 20 years the tallest “hotel” in the world was a 105-story empty pyramid in North Korea.

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nWx6P TIL that Chick-fil-A started in 1961, after founder S. Truett Cathy found a fryer that cooked chicken as quickly as a fast food burger. Chick-fil-A licensed the sandwich to 50 restaurants, including Waffle House, until 1967, when the first standalone Chick-fil-A was opened.
61vm TIL that the flag of Nova Scotia was only officially adopted in 2013, even after 155 years of use, when an 11 year-old girl researching a project realized that it had never been officially recognized in all that time.
awga0 TIL: A PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art designed a lethal roller coaster, made to take lives "with elegance and euphoria". It was only conceptual, but would kill its passengers due to the immense g-force, if ever built.
woGQW TIL that there is a house in India who claim to be the legitimate heirs of the Kingdom of France! The house of Bourbon-Bhopal claims to be descended from Jean Philippe de Bourbon, an exiled French noble who served in Mughal Emperor Akbar's court.
0dynL TIL Frank Lloyd Wright's Chicago Midway Gardens complex, which only lasted from 1914 to 1929, "was so solidly constructed that tearing it down sent the wrecking company into bankruptcy."