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TIL that climbing the second highest mountain on each continent is considered to be harder than climbing the highest one.

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OG0OY TIL about the Witches Well, a (now) dry fountain installed outside Edinburgh Castle, in 1894, to memorialize the thousands of victims, mostly women, accused of witchcraft who were burned at the stake, nearby. It is the only such memorial to these victims in Scotland.
MeWJ8 TIL about Ruth Belville, a woman who would "sell" people the current time. She did so by setting her clock to Greenwich mean time and then have people pay for the opportunity to adjust their own watches to it.
R7erw TIL that because of the Jay Treaty of 1794, "Indians" born in Canada have full rights to enter, work, attend college, and access public benefits in the U.S. exactly as if they were citizens. U.S. "Indians" have very limited access in the other direction.
Z8Rgp TIL that the river Wanganui in New Zealand was the first river in the world to have legal personhood. The river Ganges followed shortly after.
1aryr TIL Every person with blue eyes has a single common ancestor who lived 6000 to 10,000 years ago.