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TIL the Empire State Building generates more revenue from the observation deck than all the commercial tenants in the remaining 101 floors combined.

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NNr8 TIL Dueling is legal in Paraguay as long as both parties are registered blood donors
dYMQ TIL that Alaskans have been trying to remove the name “Mount McKinley” from their mountain in favor of “Denali” but it’s been blocked for decades by congressmen from Ohio, William McKinley’s home state.
KOlNB TIL in 2007, a 12 year old Norwegian boy named Hans Jorgen Olsen saved both himself and his sister from a vicious moose attack using skills he learned from playing World of Warcraft; taunt and feign death.
6n1l TIL Chimpanzees can memorize patterns of numbers at a glance, something which is beyond humans.
XEV8E TIL to please Lord Indra, Hindu god of rain, people in drought-stricken Bhopal, India "married" a frog couple. Then in light of heavy rainfall (26% more than normal) in the area, the frogs were "divorced" less than 2 months after their "wedding" in hopes the divorce would end the rain.