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TIL The highest point from the Earth's center is not Mount Everest, but Mount Chimborazo in Ecuador, due to the Earth not being a perfect sphere

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7rAdP TIL that killer whales are among the few non-primates to go through menopause, a possible reason being that they need to take care of their "families" after they are older.
xbPb TIL Hackers attacked an epilepsy forum posting hundreds of messages embedded with flashing animated gifs triggering migraine headaches and seizures in some users.
Wk9MN TIL Pearl Jam has been calculating the carbon footprint from their tours since 2003, and have donated enough to environmental projects to counter that.
OELY TIL Haiti and Lichtenstein had the same exact flag. The two countries were not aware of the similar design until they encountered each other at the 1936 Olympics.
BoXk TIL of Berea College, a liberal arts college in Kentucky where tuition is free for all students as long as they partake in work-study. Its mission is to assist high-achieving students with low financial resources regardless of background.