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TIL Colorado’s two tallest mountains are so close to each other in height that fans of each mountain would repeatedly pile up rocks to try and make their preferred mountain taller.

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kJoyg TIL a Gameboy was stored in a barracks that was bombed in The Gulf War and it ran Tetris like nothing happened.
LkGwm TIL that for 11 years, Norway banned skateboarding
LnwP TIL that astronomers found a star that formed in the same gas cloud as the Sun.
RKl9 TIL that while most humans have three types of cone cells in their eyes, there are known cases where people have four, widening the spectrum and exactness of colors they can see. There are also cases where people lack a blocking lens, enabling them to see ultraviolet light.
P0ve TIL in ‘79 a 14 year old created a “Kingdom” in his Milwaukee bedroom when his mother died. Today the nation Talossa claims national sovereignty, various lands, has a constitutional monarchy, its own language, and citizens on 6 continents.