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TIL Jeddah Tower, under construction, is set to be the world’s tallest building at 1km tall, roughly 172m(564ft) taller than Burj Khalifa

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R59E8 TIL During the Napoleonic Wars French cavalry developed a technique called Sabrage, which is opening a champagne bottle with a saber. The wielder slides the saber along the body seam of the bottle to the lip to break the top of the neck away.
VBl9D TIL that for the last 52 years Denmark had Queen named Margrethe who's just stepping down from the throne
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