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TIL it costs between 35,000-80,000 US dollars to climb Mount Everest. The permit alone costs 11,000 dollars.

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8a6GP TIL, that Oct. 2, 1929 marked the last time a Work Union existed in the small town of Marion, NC as 6 members were shot in cold blood by the local sherrifs. Seven of whom were Anti-Union and deputized moments before the shooting. All were aquitted.
4XAMb TIL of the Rosenhan Experiment, in which a psychologist David Rosenhan and seven other pseudo-patients faked their mental illnesses and gained admission into various psychiatric hospitals, as a criticism of the methods of psychiatric diagnosis.
rRxrx TIL of Keith Moon, drummer for The Who and notorious for his destructive behavior. While headed to the airport with his band, he asked to be taken back to the hotel saying “Oh my God, I forgot something”. After launching the tv out the hotel room window, he came back saying “Phew, I nearly forgot!”
yWQe TIL In 1910, Marseilles, France was using UV light to disinfect their water.
4XO6a TIL As of 2016, Marie Curie is the only person to have won Nobel Prizes in two different scientific disciplines; Physics and Chemistry.