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TIL Tsar Peter the Great put a special tax on men who grew beards

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Abg TIL that BBC mistakenly used the UNSC logo from the Halo Franchise in place of the actual UNSC (United Nations Security Council) logo in one of their broadcasts
OoBA1 TIL that when Syphilis first surfaced, the English called it the ‘French disease’, the French called it the ‘Spanish disease’, Germans called it the French evil, Russians called it Polish disease, Poles called it Turkish disease, Turks called it Christian disease & Japan called it 'Chinese pox'
QNk8a TIL a lot of ancient Roman furniture we know about was preserved in cities buried by the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in 79 CE. High temperatures carbonized the furniture rather than burning it, which left well preserved wooden objects
X01jk TIL the urban legend of a time capsule buried under the Georgia Guidestones was disproven after they were destroyed.
5YLDD TIL that the tallest building in the world is the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. It stands at 2,717 ft. / 828 m. tall and has 163 floors.