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TIL that over the last three millenia, Tibetans have evolved, allowing them to withstand high altitudes with more success than their ancestors

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VMG88 TIL Bob Seger's famous hit song "Against the Wind" was inspired by Bob's days as a high school cross country runner. He described it as "about trying to move ahead, keeping your sanity and integrity at the same time." It later appeared in Forrest Gump when Forrest was running across the country.
v1AJD TIL that The Flaming Lips have to pay half of all royalties for the song ‘Fight Test’ to Yusuf Islam after he sued them for ripping off his ‘Father and Son’. Despite the songs’ striking similarity, Lips’ frontman Wayne Coynes said it was unintended and he only realised when his producer heard it
jx7X TIL that Moose Boulder is the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake on the largest island in the largest lake in the world.
kO1rm TIL that in 2002, a widely-watched live TV special followed a robot as it crawled through a 5" opening in the Great Pyramid of Giza, punched a hole in a door at the end of the passage, and inserted a fiber optic camera into the hole. Behind the door was nothing but a small empty space.
loRoN TIL Steven Spielberg originally bought the rights to 'Shrek' in 1991, and would have went on to make a Shrek movie if not for DreamWorks, who convinced Spielberg to sell them the rights - going on to create the iconic movie 'Shrek' in 2001.