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TIL it costs $65,000 to climb Mount Everest

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OGD6R TIL about Fet-Mets, the Swedish petrified miner. Found in 1719 in an underwater mine shaft, naturally mummified by Copper Sulfate. His former fiancée identified him as Fet-Mats Israelsson, who had disappeared 42 years earlier. The remains were put on display on and off again until 1930.
dYDZ TIL That on Friday the 13th of April in 2029, an asteroid named Apophis (Egyptian god of death and darkness), which is the size of the Rose Bowl, will pass Earth at a distance that is closer than our orbiting communication satellites.
1ad9V TIL Martin Van Buren is presently the only US President who spoke English as a second language.
4k9LJ TIL a study found that 65 different animal species have their own form of “laughter" to express happiness with vocalizations that sound quite different than human laughter.
evJ6 TIL that Isle Royale, the largest island on lake superior, has a lake which has an island which has a pond which has a boulder. So the boulder becomes 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.