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TIL of Erik Weihenmayer, the only Blind person to have climbed the Seven Summits of every continent, and the first/one of the only Blind persons to climb Mt. Everest.

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OoQBg TIL that the Navajo weren't the only American code talkers during World War II. 14 Comanche code talkers landed on Normandy on D-Day. Their coded name for "Adolf Hitler" was "crazy white man."
MewVb TIL about the idea of the Good Country Index: to measure what each country on earth contributes to the common good of humanity, and what it takes away, relative to its size. Using a wide range of data from the U.N. and other international organizations. This has been active since 2014
LknGd Til A man was stabbed in Disney land, and Disney land didn’t call the medical assistance because it would “ruin the magic”.
gMvvb TIL Nestlé pays $524 yearly on an expired permit to pump and bottle about 30 million gallons of water from California, even during droughts. To explain this, a supervisor claimed that the Forest Service didn't have the money for a proper review of the permit; he later became a consultant for Nestlé.
Y7gdP TIL some Medieval universities such as the University of Paris, Oxford and the Charles University in Prague had their students join "nations" corresponding to their homelands