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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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nWpvY TIL that in 1928, Scottish scientist Alexander Fleming accidentally discovered penicillin when he noticed mold killing bacteria in his petri dish. This accidental finding marked the beginning of modern antibiotics, revolutionizing medicine and saving millions of lives.
BrxMr TiL : A Swedish couple won the right to name their children Metallica, Lego, and Elvis in 2008 due to Swedish naming laws preventing embarrassing names for children, a similar case failed in 1996 when a couple tried to name their child Brfxxccxxmnpcccclllmmnprxvclmnckssqlbb11116 (pronounced Albis)
l7DLA TIL in the 1950s Coca-Cola wanted to raise the price of a Coke above 5¢, but their vending machines only took single coins. Not wanting to double it to 10¢, Coke asked the US to mint a 7.5¢ coin, but were denied. So it made every 9th bottle in the machines empty, making the avg effective price 5.6¢.
gx54 TIL that IBM has stated that the Scroll Lock key on your keyboard does nothing. When PC Magazine asked an executive of keyboard manufacturer Key Tronic about the key’s purpose he replied, “I don’t know, but we put it on ours too.”
J1dk1 TIL Sophia of Prussia (then Crown Princess of Greece) was banned from Germany for 3 years by her brother, the Kaiser, for converting to Greek Orthodoxy