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TIL it costs $65,000 to climb Mount Everest

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E1Yod TIL Anne Frank has a tampon named after her in Japan, and because the enthusiasm she displayed in her diary about getting her first period shattered a cultural taboo, the Japanese refer to a woman's first day of menstruation as “Anne’s Day”.
69gPZ TIL that the Ottoman Empire had a de jure vassal in Xinjiang between 1865 and 1877 called Yettishar
njwP TIL that the Titanic is the only ocean liner to ever be sunk by an iceberg.
v1dLL TIL that when Norway launched a rocket to study the Aurora Borealis, a mistake led to Russia not being informed of this launch. The russian president, Boris Jeltsin, opened the nuclear briefcase and were on the verge of starting a nuclear war.
78O07 TIL fashion designer Tom Ford eats at least three donuts per day. Although he's been vegan for several years, he allows himself a bit of slack when it comes to doughnuts. "Vegan ones simply don't cut it for me."