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TIL of Vinicunca or the Mountain of seven colours in Peru. It was discovered four years ago when the snow covering it melted, revealing the natural beauty of the rock beneath.

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NXVVP TIL the first time in military operation humans surrendered to a robot was during Operation Desert Storm (1991)
mxv4y TIL that the recorded cases of spontaneous human combustion (SHC) have these things in common: 1) the victims are chronic alcoholics; 2) they are usually elderly females 3) the body has not burned spontaneously, but some lighted substance has come into contact with it.
e06Z5 TIL That France was still executing people with the guillotine when the first episode of star wars aired
MekL8 TIL of Jessica O. Matthews, a Nigerian-American entrepreneur. At the age of 19 she invented the Soccket, which is a soccer ball that stores kinetic energy and can provide three hours of light after half an hour of play.
7rdOP TIL: In the 1980s, the DIA hired an American analyst named Ana Montes. She was deemed incredibly dependable and responsible, quickly becoming he most senior analyst on Cuba. She slipped through the cracks for over 15 years before the US found out she was a spy working for Cuba the entire time!