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Jm41 TIL that there’s a mountain in Australia called Mt. Disappointment. It was named such because the explorers who first reached its summit found the view to be sub par and wanted to reflect their feelings in the name they chose for the mountain.
9YWlQ TIL about half of Thailand’s 349,000 monks are either overweight or obese. They rely solely on alms from the faithful and must consume what they are offered before noon each day. After midday, to keep their energy up, many rely on highly sweetened beverages, including energy drinks.
7r7RM TIL that Leopold Amery, Winston Churchill's own Secretary of State for India, wrote in his private diaries, "on the subject of India, Winston is not quite sane" and that he didn't "see much difference between [Churchill's] outlook and Hitler's."
WDj8 TIL Dr. Seuss, caught up in anti-Japanese propaganda, made several racist/xenophobic political cartoons. After later visiting Japan and meeting with victims of atomic bombs, he changed his heart and wrote “Horton Hears a Who” and dedicated to his new Japanese friend.
6YdJ TIL when the Coronado US Navy Base was completed in 1970, it featured four L-shaped buildings, forming a swastika. The Navy was eventually forced to budget $600,000 in 2008 to camouflage the site after aerial images of the base from Google Earth began circulating online.