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TIL that 12 year old girl Katelyn Thornley sneezed 12,000 times a day

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GYDxj TIL that Sir Edmund Hillary, one of the first confirmed climbers to reach the summit of Mount Everest, later established a charity organization called the "Himalayan Trust". It is designed to help the Sherpa people living in Nepal.
BrkEy TIL Hawaiian Punch started off as an ice cream topping
mxLMp TIL that the state with the largest number of black townships after the Civil War was Oklahoma, with more than 50 townships in the state. Some are still in existence today.
rRMjM TIL The story of Madame Bovary was partly based off of the sensational news story that told of the life of French woman Delphine Delamare
xDR1 TIL that spider silk is stronger than bone and half as strong as steel