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TIL it costs $65,000 to climb Mount Everest

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xVY77 TIL Urine was so important to the textile industry of 16th century England that casks of it–an estimated amount equivalent to the urine stream of 1000 people for an entire year–were shipped from across the country to Yorkshire
e0j95 TIL that the weight of silverware in restaurants impacts how much a customer is willing to pay for their meal
VMPxD TIL Insulin shock therapy was used as treatment for schizophrenia. Scientists believed it could jolt the brain out of mental illness or induce the restoration of the normal function. In reality the treatment caused brain damage and a "loss of tension and hostility" that was viewed as therapeutic.
Zpk4D Dutch pink is yellow because “pink” wasn’t recognized as its own category until it was given the name of the flower dianthus, historically called a “pynk,” and though it comes in many colors, it the most common varieties are light red.
Wk1VX TIL that with our current fastest space vehicle it would take 81,000 years to reach the nearest star system. We have quite a ways to go before interstellar colonization outside of our solar system is possible.