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TIL that the Burj Khalifa was built by one of Samsung's companies (Samsung C&T Corporation)

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rRVmw TIL that the current Georgia state flag is modeled after the first Confederate national flag. In 1956 the state senate voted to incorporate the Confederate battle flag as a statement to preserve segregation. It was only changed to its current version in 2003 after years of refusal by the senate.
nWEO7 TIL the Paris Gare du Nord is the 24th busiest train station in the world. The other 23 are in Japan.
E1BeP TIL that between 1513 and 1972, every single danish king was named either Federick or Christian
1vVV TIL Steve Wozniak submitted so many Tetris high scores to Nintendo Power Magazine that the writers refused to print them. To bypass this, he starting making submissions with his name spelled backwards.
EWwp TIL that at many military funerals, instead of a live bugler, a ceremonial bugle is used, which is an electronic device that is inserted into the bugle and plays a recording of Taps.