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TIL there is an $11,000 royalty fee a climber must pay to the Nepal government to climb Mount Everest. They earn around $3.25 million every season.

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Br55W TIL when Sophie Rutschmann of the University of Strasbourg discovered a mutated gene that causes an adult fruit fly to die within two days after it is infected with certain bacteria, she named the gene "Kenny" in honor of the South Park character, who dies in almost every early episode.
5VdNk TIL the first widely-reported recipe for "dishwasher fish" was presented by horror icon Vincent Price on a 1975 episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He called it "a dish any fool can prepare".
KnGR TIL mangrove trees live in saltwater, filter out 99% of salt through their roots, and are literally desalination plants.
yQX4M TIL scientists can determine a blue whale's age by counting the layers of it's waxlike earplugs after it passes away.
XEw8R TIL Scientists at UCLA noticed that "time and time again" people suffered their first experience with anxiety or depression right after stomach illnesses. They did brain scans after patients ate probiotics, and found that stomach bacteria actually directly affected connectivity of the brain.