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TIL that only Swedes and Hobbits celebrate February 30th

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wooyM TIL Snowman Trek is one of the most difficult hiking trails in the world. Located in Bhutan, created by the yak herders, it is the longest hiking trail of the country. It takes about 25 days to complete, most of the trekkers do not complete the hike due to hard weather, duration, and high altitude.
bnAQ TIL that the banana actually is used as a unit of measure for radiation exposure.
MekAK TIL a 32ft 18th century Long Boat was found underneath the World Trade Center during new construction in July 2010
QZ9a TIL John Mayer became interested in the guitar after watching the prom scene in Back to the Future
p8KoZ TIL that Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is one of the few diseases with no cure and a 100% fatality rate. It is the human equivilant of Mad Cow disease and 70% of people with it die within a year. Nobody has lived past 2.5 years after the symptoms set in.