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TIL Mongol successfully invaded Russia in the winter

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GA9Y1 TIL at over 16,000 ft., La Rinconada, Peru is the highest permanent settlement in the world. Surrounded by gold mines, the town has a population of 30,000 people. It has no running water or sewage system and has little to no government presence.
p058 TIL after his wife died because the nearest doctor was 70km away, Dashrath Manjhi carved a 360-foot-long and 30-foot-wide path through a mountain in 22 years, using a hammer and a chisel to make the path from his village to Wazirganj, with its doctors, jobs, and school, only 15 km away.
KYob6 TIL female elephants stay fertile into their 60s
rNGRo TIL that Hawaii is not part of the “Ring of Fire”.
mxaXp TIL that all human babies are born colorblind