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

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6EE7m TIL that in 1947, after the price of a chocolate bar increased from 5 cents to 8 cents, 200 kids marched and protested on the capitol building in British Columbia, shutting down the government for a day. It is known as " The Candy Bar Strike".
wL7NJ TIL of Otokichi, a Japanese sailor who was shipwrecked and drifted to the Pacific Northwest in 1834. He stayed with the native Makah tribe before the local British agent sent him to London. He then moved to Macao and worked for the British, only returning to Japan twice more (once in disguise).
N0K8 TIL that the full moon causes a tidal wave to roll up the Amazon river once a day and once a night for a period of only three weeks once a year, resulting in a continues, 4m high wave that can be surfed for up to 13km.
RyE4 TIL the tallest known mountain in the solar system is on an asteroid.
x6765 TIL animal trials were once a thing through Europe