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

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b619Z TIL that there's an underground coal fire in Australia that's been continuously burning for ~6000 years.
KOXB6 TIL The Queen Mother loved the TV show Golden Girls so much she requested a live performance. She was seen chuckling at a joke about Blanche having sex with the paramedic who came after her husband died.
L54Z TIL - Pornhub offered to donate money to the Susan G. Komen “for the cure” breast cancer foundation if their audience watched videos of women with large breasts. The money was raised, but Komen refused the donation.
P14Wn TIL that the first self-propelled vehicule, built by Cugnot in 1769, was intended for transporting cannons. The vehicle was not suited to the load, and despite further trials, the project was abandoned. However, 241 years later, in 2010, a copy of the machine was built, which worked perfectly.
GYaE1 TIL Systemic Lupus Erythematosus got its original name of Lupus from a 12th century physician, who recognized and named it after the now classic butterfly rash.