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TIL in 1942 a British forest guard in India made an alarming discovery. Some 16,000 feet above sea level, at the bottom of a small valley, was a frozen lake absolutely full of skeletons.

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0dmKR TIL in 2005 graffiti artist David Choe was offered $60,000 to paint murals at Facebook headquarters. He chose to take the compensation in stock. Eventually being worth more than $200,000,000.
8pv8 TIL a woman had to have both her legs amputated after she passed out drunk with her legs tucked under her. Cutting off circulation to her legs.
yQyya TIL around 1980 a man named Denis Hope have sold plots of land on the moon to notable people like Tom Cruise, John Travolta, Barbara Walters and even former president George H.W Bush, he claims the UN outer space treaty doesn't negate an individual claiming ownership for the moon.
x6vak TIL that the average human body has about 75 pounds of edible meat.
QJExM TIL Seattle’s first openly-gay bar, Shelly’s Leg, was founded using settlement money after Shelly, a dancer, lost her leg in a glitter cannon accident at a Bastille Day parade.