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TIL of several monstrous mountains with peaks that have never been touched by man. Due to remoteness, legality, etc.

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woXd7 TIL that Joseph Smith, the founder of the LDS Church, aka Mormon Church, was assassinated in 1844 in Illinois by a mob. He was running for president at the time and is the first presidential candidate in US History to be assassinated
QKrk We get it. OJ was considered for the part of the Terminator and planes have crashed (or been shot down) over the years.
MeY9A TIL in WWII, weather reports were censored to prevent enemy submarines from learning about conditions. A football game in Chicago was so covered in fog that the radio announcer couldn't see the field, but afterwards he was officially thanked for never using the word "fog" or mentioning the weather.
v104R TIL that Slovenia's national anthem is called "A Toast" (Zdravljica)
GAYWg TIL of Jack Brabham, a former racing driver, who founded the Brabham racing team, winning the 1966 Formula 1 championship driving one of his own cars, the only time it has happened