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TIL that there are over 200 bodies on Mount Everest that are used as landmarks.

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pYw1b TIL that an in 1551 an unidentified disease known as sweating sickness, killed both the two young heirs to the Duke of Suffolk title within hours.
v1bZ7 TIL "Ketchup" is a universal word, and is the same in a lot of languages.
PYbwE TIL Karl Schmidt, a herpetologist who was tasked with identifying a juvenile Boomslang snake, when the venomous snake bit him, instead of going to the hospital, Schmidt went home, believing the juveniles couldn’t produce a fatal bite. He recorded all his symptoms in his diary until death.
v1jYD TIL the German folklore of Frau Perchta, a witch who would roam the German countryside for 12 days leading up to Christmas, leaving silver coins to good children and cut open the bellies and replace the organs of bad children with straw and pebbles.
lo4Va Only one plant-based “meat” alternative contains all the essential amino acids the body needs, and it’s soy.