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TIL The galaxy we live in is totally bent out of shape.

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pY1y8 TIL Mount Washington, N.H. has more deaths per vertical foot than any other mountain in the world.
ZpXxD TIL the music video of Bombtrack (1991) by Rage Against the Machine supported Sendero Luminoso and its leader Abimael Guzman. The group sang in a cage, mimicking Guzman being filmed in a cage after being arrested
OGl06 TIL the Android operating system almost failed to release due to a lack of early funding. With the team facing eviction, Steve Perlman gave $10,000 cash and an undisclosed amount for seed funding, saving the team. Perlman refused a stake, saying he only did it because he "believed in the thing."
ADd7o TIL there is a confederate Mount Rushmore in Georgia
b9xoa TIL that in 2011, a New York man died on his motorcycle while participating in a protest against the law for mandatory helmets. The police say he would likely have survived had he worn a helmet.