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TIL Mountains of Kong, a non-existent mountain range charted on maps of Africa from 1798 through to the late 1880s

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wLblJ TIL Celine Dion recorded 'My Heart Will Go On' in one single take and originally hated the song
NLk8 TIL in 2009 two Northwest Airlines pilots lost their licenses when they overshot their planned destination by 150 miles, only realizing their mistake when a flight attendant asked about landing. The pilots were both on their personal laptops and ignored inquiries from flight control for 90 minutes.
6EZ5X TIL: India is the home of 16 of the top 40 languages (# of native speakers). The number of languages listed for India is 418. Of those, 407 are living languages and 11 are extinct. Many of them have their own individual writing systems.
8WEX TIL: Between 1896 and the 1940s, thousands of people paid to see premature babies being incubated at circus sideshows. Since most hospitals didn’t have the funding available to provide incubators, it was the best chance to safe the infant’s lives.
Oo15e TIL Navy SEALs are issued/wear Chuck Taylors