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TIL of the 340+ people who've died attempting to scale Mount Everest, over 200 bodies haven't been found or recovered due to the hazardous conditions

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9wA4G TIL that Eric Schmitt of Missouri is the 2000th senator to ever serve in the United States Senate. The next Senator to be sworn in will be the 2003rd Senator since the inception of the Upper house of the US congress.
v1eKx TIL neither of the Wright Brothers married. Wilbur Wright once quipped "I do not have time for both a wife and an airplane."
OGQPX TIL Scrabble apparently has world titles and even an ELO ranking
xWD0 TIL that R&B singer Akon founded a solar energy company in Africa. The company employs 5000 people recently closed a $1B credit line.
rN0go TIL that Pittsburgh had a fake Burger King. In 2014 a TV station revealed that a location of the fast food chain was using plain brown bags and odd recipes. Burger King had revoked the license but the franchisee continued until the news report, after which it became "South Side Burgers".