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TIL that in Thai, the number 5 is pronounced “ha” – so instead of saying “hahahahaha,” Thai speakers will sometimes write “55555.”

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p8KX8 TIL the “Death Zone” is what climbers call the highest part of Mount Everest (everything above 26,247ft). Due to its lack of oxygen, the body literally begins to die, cell by cell. This can result in health risks like impaired judgement, heart attack or stroke, and altitude sickness.
NRvJ TIL that the clay that the London Underground’s deep level lines were tunnelled through has reached heat saturation, and parts of the Underground that were 14°C in the 1900s can reach 30°C today.
pYydp TIL that each full moon was given its own name by Native Americans, and the harvest moon is the one closest to the autumnal equinox.
XE0nP TIL that during his military Service, Future President George HW Bush was shot down along with 8 others when they attacked a small island called Chichi Jima. All the other pilots were cannibalized by Japanese soldiers, and Bush was only able to escape by being picked up by a submarine.
Eayw TIL in 2013, an HGTV viewer (and nurse) wrote in and said she spotted a lump in the neck of a show host and she was concerned about it. It was later discovered to be thyroid cancer. He credits her with saving his life.