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TIL as of the end of the 2018 climbing season, 295 people have died climbing Everest, while there have been 9,159 successful summit climbs by 5,294 people

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p88M8 TIL that the drone usage in a war goes way back to 1995 and the war in Bosnia
PYynO TIL that giving children the names of Nutella, Manhattan, Prince William or Mini Cooper are illegal in France.
9D8G TIL that Timothy Dexter (1748 – 1806), an American businessman, faked his own death to see how people would react. About 3,000 people attended Dexter’s mock wake. When Dexter did not see his wife cry, he caned her for not grieving enough.
8ogK TIL Steven Spielberg included a special opening for his movie “Lincoln” for Japanese audiences so those who were unaware of Lincoln’s significance in American history would have a better understanding.
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