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TIL A helicopter pilot landed on the summit of Everest then did it again the next day to prove it wasn’t a fluke

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Oo4Ze TIL during the first world war more American soldiers died of the Spanish flu than those who died of combat
l7lL7 TIL about flavius aetius. A military commander considered to be the most powerful man in the Western Roman Empire during the last phase of its decline and fall. He was most famously known for defeating Attila the Hun at the Battle of Catalaunian Fields. He was known was the last of the Roman’s.
XE9r6 TIL Great White sharks are warm-blooded
Yp8nZ TIL about British Double Summer Time. During WW2, after moving an hour forward for DST in 1940, they didn’t roll back in fall. They moved forward again in spring of ‘41, resulting in being 2 hours ahead. It helped people finish their day and get home with some extra light during enforced blackouts.
yVkYJ TIL No more than two flies are allowed by law in any public toilet in Beijing, China. In 2012 Authorities in the Chinese capital set new standards for public toilets, including a stipulation that they should contain no more than two flies.