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TIl that due to the Earth rotational bulge, the highest point on Earth is not Mt. Everest, but Chimborazo, Ecuador

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NXyLJ TIL the name of Ishi, known as the 'last wild indian' is an adopted name. In the Yahi culture, he one cannot speak his own name until introduced by another Yahi. When asked his name, he said: "I have none, because there were no people to name me"
4kB96 TIL in the 1950s and 1960s trucks with fogging machines that sprayed DDT would be driven through American streets to kill mosquitoes and children would run behind the trucks to play in the thick fog that was created. In 1972, DDT was banned in the United States.
16kGD TIL that The Woman's Building, one of the twelve main buildings built for the Chicago's World Fair in 1893, was planned, designed, and decorated entirely by women. The purpose of the building was to highlight women's achievements and challenge traditional ways of thinking.
mjpO TIL that Bill Shepherd, first US Navy SEAL that became a NASA Astronaut and first commander of the ISS, was asked what he does best in his astronaut candidate interview. He answered: “Kill people with a knife”
QJW89 TIL Britons consume 97% of the worlds tinned baked beans