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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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WW89 TIL serial killer Edmund Kemper said to one of his victims he was sorry for accidentally touching her breast, a few minutes before killing her
kXk4 TIL that the Tarantula Nebula, a region in the Large Magellanic Cloud over 160,000 light years distant, contains the most luminous known star. The nebula’s luminosity is so great that if it were as close to Earth as the Orion Nebula, the Tarantula Nebula would cast shadows on the ground.
ADRvl TIL Anne Frank's diary entered the public domain the same day as Hitler's Mein Kampf. And that a copyright dispute still swirls around the diary.
vPm5x TIL Vaseline inventor, Robert Chesebrough, was convinced of its health benefits to the extent that he consumed a daily spoonful, When he fell ill with pleurisy in his 50s, he had himself entirely coated in Vaseline by his nurse, which he believed led to his recovery, His long life spanned 96 yrs.
LZ0m TIL Tenacious D got the idea for their song “Tribute” by listening to “One” by Metallica and thinking that it’s the greatest song in the world