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TIL although Mt. Everest boasts the highest altitude above sea level, and Mauna Kea is the tallest mountain from base to peak, the summit of Ecuador's Mt. Chimborazo is over 6,800 feet farther from the center of the Earth than Everest's due to centrifugal bulging

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w6EW TIL that the Apollo astronauts were denied life insurance. So before each mission, they would autograph hundreds of pictures that their families could sell in case they died.
7gMM TIL that Matthew McConaughey, Adrian Brody, and Joseph Gordon-Levitt were all in “Angels In The Outfield”
4dGJ TIL that years ago Hulk Hogan missed a call from his agent to sponsor a new indoor grill who then gave it to George Foreman, who was also his client. George Foreman earned nearly $500 million off marketing the grill
9YG46 TIL Gina Torres (Dozer’s widow in Matrix Reloaded and of course Zoe from Firefly) is a classically-and-jazz-trained mezzo-soprano and speaks fluid Spanish
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