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TIL that the Grand Tetons are named after “Three Breast”

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9YbDB TIL the parachute was invented hundreds of years before the airplane, with some early parachute concepts dating all the way back to 1470
EBe7 TIL the tomb China’s first emperor, Qin Shi Huang, has not been explored partly because it is buried deep underground and surrounded by a moat of poisonous mercury
dDWvr TIL that George Carlin performed a 30 minute bit called, "I Kinda Like It When a Lotta People Die" on September 10, 2001.
XEGgP TIL that term 'patient zero' was coined by mistake during the 80's AIDS pandemic, when someone read Patient O (as in first recorded in US Outside California) wrongly
vPKMx TIL that Rwanda is ranked as Africa's 3rd least corrupt country, and is ranked higher than more developed countries like China, Romania, Argentina, and Hungary