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TIL That it takes two to three months to climb Mount Everest.

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R7vK6 TIL No two samples of human ashes will be precisely the same in terms of elemental composition
8aZVL TIL that in order to aid recruitment during WWI, the British allowed men from the same town to serve together in "pals battalions". This was stopped after the Battle of the Somme, in which casualties were so high amongst some units that almost the entire male population of some towns was wiped out.
woEKE TIL that many/most unearthed Egyptian mummies were eaten by Europeans or used in disturbing ways
KYMx6 TIL that in 2012, German animal rights groups estimated that up to 500,000 animals were dying each year to "excessive sex practices." Later that year, Germany would criminalize bestiality.
PYZAe TIL in a car crash, the risk of death for a restrained driver or front-seat passenger is increased five-fold when the rear-seat passenger is unrestrained at the time of impact.