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TIL the captain of the Titanic originally failed his navigation test.

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J1VRB TIL that mountain Kawagarbo was never summited. The last serious attempt happened in 1991 where all 17 members of the climbing team died. There also won't be any new attempts as climbing is banned (it is a holy mountain for the Tibetan people).
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