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TIL the tallest known mountain in the solar system is on an asteroid.

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VMOdD til, of the Battle of Blair Mountain WV. The Largest armed uprising in the US since the Civil War. where 10,000 armed miners fought 2,000 mine backed 'strike breakers'. the anti-union forces were armed with machine guns, air support, and eventually supported by the WV National guard.
P7xn TIL that the Hoover Dam is expected to be one of the last remaining visible structures from our species, and it contains a star map that if no other means were available, could be used to determine the exact date on which Hoover Dam was completed.
PaZO TIL For Swedish males, having a name with a Y in the end statistically more than doubles your chances of ending up in prison, compared to most common names [PDF]
gMLPL TIL that globally, 80% of children in orphanages are not orphans. They’re trafficked as “paper orphans” to bogus orphanages as a way to attract donations.
BrdYW TIL Burt Shavitz, co-creator and face of Burt’s Bees, was an accomplished photographer prior to beekeeping and had photographs published in Life and Time Magazines.