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TIL There is an island called “Just Enough Room”, where there’s just enough room for a tree and a house.

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N70J6 TIL that although it is only the third highest mountaintop in the world, no mountaineer has ever reached the summit of Kangchenjunga. This is because every ascent has deliberately stopped short of the peak, to honor a promise given to the local inhabitants that the top of the mountain remain intact.
x6ed5 TIL that King Kong vs Godzilla started out as King Kong vs Frankenstein. Written by King Kong’s co-creator and animator Willis O'Brien, the script was stolen, sold without his knowledge and retooled for Godzilla. He considered suing but died due to the stress.
m1n4M TIL in November 2022 Edwin Castro of California won a world-record $2.05b in the state’s Mega Millions, the largest ever for a national lottery. The ticket cost $2.
bBLQ TIL 80% of lightning strike victims are male.
PDan TIL that in 2015 Boeing patented a plasma force field