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TIL that Mount Everest has 4G LTE internet coverage and cellular service.

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bVB4 TIL Saddam Hussein had a Qur’an printed in his own blood for his 60th birthday. It took two years and 27 liters of blood for the calligrapher to complete all 114 chapters. The project was the result of Hussein re-embracing his religion after his son Uday survived an assassination attempt.
690Rw TIL that in Georgia HOV lanes can be used by pregnant people. Georgia DPS allows this because of a 2022 Georgia law that recognizes embryos and fetuses as person's with full rights. No documents are needed to prove pregnancy when using HOV lanes.
Z8jro TIL about the 7 society, a secret society at the University of Virginia that is so secret that members are only revealed after their death.
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