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TIL Mount Everest grows about a half-inch taller each year as the Himalaya Mountains are pushed up by the creeping collision between the Indian and Asian land masses

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p89WZ TIL Of White Coke a highly illegal substance in the Soviet Union. It was regular coca-cola disguised in a vodka bottle and it was given to Field Marshall Gregory Zhukov by US general Eisenhower. Zhukov could not drink coke in public as it was a symbol of capitalism so the vodka bottle disguised it.
WA7X TIL that Chess is a sport recognized by the IOC and therefore players are subject to Drug Testing
Q5vk TIL That a type of freshwater animal (a hydra) is immortal, as when it is injured it regenerates the damaged tissue
eG84 TIL at the 1932 Olympics, the 3,000-metre steeplechase was run over 3,460 metres because an official lost count of the number of laps
d8jkK TIL about Hetty Green, the Witch of Wall Street. Know as "the greatest miser", she was said never to turn on the heat or use hot water, wore one dress and undergarments until they worn out, didn't wash her hands and ate fifteen cents pies. Her son lost his leg after she refused to pay.