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TIL it costs about $100000 for a typical day to operate a blimp. Of the 25 blimps existing around the world only half are in use. They are primarily used for advertising and aerial photography.

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VMbyG TIL Yūichirō Miura became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. He descended nearly 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 26,000 ft). This feat was documented in 1975, in the film The Man Who Skied Down Everest. The film won the Academy Award for best documentary
wLLP1 TIL that King Tutankhamen's Tomb May Have Hidden Spaces Containing Organic, Metallic Materials
enj4 TIL Canada has the highest Cannabis use in the world.
LQNgm TIL about the Peace of Westphalia. Modeled from ancient Egypt, the Peace of Westphalia was meant to bring world peace and religious freedom while at the same time acknowledging a collective group occupying a certain area, giving rise to countries.
gr7xD TIL both Mickey Mantle and Willie Mays were banned from baseball temporarily for signing autographs in a casino, "no place for a baseball hero and Hall of Famer."