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TIL Mount Everest is growing by 2.5 inches per year

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w89W TIL that Al Gore’s documentary, ‘An Inconvenient Truth’, was held by the British High Court to have nine errors in it, and cannot be shown in schools unless teachers point out the potentially problematic sections.
MgZb TIL misphonia is a disorder where people are abnormally annoyed by everyday noises such as chewing, slurping, etc.. Many people develope it by being intimated by someone at their their table at as a child. The sounds heard then triggers anger and sometimes cause rage throughout their life.
jda TIL there wasn’t an actual script for the original Iron Man. In “primitive rehearsals”, RDJ and Jeff Bridges basically ad-libbed their way to full scenes while being coached by Jon Favreau.
9YW0D TIL that during World War I, a series of wolf attacks made Russian and German soldiers team up to fight wolves. After seeing wolves attack wounded soldiers and children, the commanders on both sides signed a temporary armistice, and killed hundreds of wolves. They then resumed fighting each other.
AxYd TIL People getting paid to spread propaganda through comments is a widespread thing.