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4XGJ6 TIL That Japan burns a portion of its garbage and uses the resulting ash in land reclamation. As of 2012 Japan has created over 250 square kilometers (96 square miles) of new land using this method.
yQAPw TIL that the team that helped Sir Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay first climb Mount Everest in 1953 numbered at nearly 400 persons. There were 350 porters, 30 Sherpas, and 13 climbers.