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

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Lkjr TIL John Norman, the little-known “white guy on the podium", made a major contribution to the 1968 Olympic black rights statement. He went home to Australia a pariah – his career ended by the AOC. He died in 2006 without any recognition, buried quietly by his lifelong friends: Cook and Carlos.
PYvrZ TIL In the United States is home to 76.5 million pet cats; one in three households own a pet cat, including over 34% of those adopted being stray or feral.
gMk1L TIL of Anne Haining Bates, who was known for her great stature of 7ft 11 inches, normally weighing 340 pounds. She toured with another incredibly tall man, fell in love and married. Their home and furniture was built to their specifications, with 8ft doorways and 14ft ceilings.
r05w TIL Buster Keaton (“a master of conveying action through imagery alone”) and Charlie Chaplin had a friendly rivalry over who could use the fewest intertitles in their silent movies. Typical silents averaged 240 intertitles. Chaplin won with a low of 21; Buster got as low as 23.
Qpda TIL “Gringo” did not originate in Mexico to describe Americans, but in Spain in the 1700’s to describe foreigners whose speech was incomprehensible. Gringo likely came from the word “griego” meaning Greek, which in Spanish was used in the same way as English, “it’s Greek to me” (hablar in griego).