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TIL in 1999, Martin Lawrence almost died from heat exhaustion while jogging in the Big Momma costume. He went into a 3 day coma while having a body temperature of 107 °F

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R5kpw TIL the worst hydrogen airship disaster in history is NOT the 1937 Hindenburg disaster. In 1930, 48 of 54 passengers on a experimental British Airship were killed in a crash during a storm over France. Of the 97 passengers on the Hindenburg there were 35 fatalities, plus one ground crew death.
Av6x TIL that Mount Everest has 4G LTE internet coverage and cellular service.
5Y8Kk TIL that North Korea is the only country in the world with a Shia Muslim mosque but no Sunni Muslim mosques
v1vw8 TIL: Until the late 1400s the word ‘girl’ just meant a child of either sex. If you had to differentiate between them, male children were referred to as ‘knave girls’ and females were ‘gay girls‘.
BgmMy TIL In WW2 Germany built an underground fortress in France to fire V-3 superguns at London. The artillery had a range of 103 miles and the potential to fire at 60 rounds a hour.