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TIL Mt. Everest grows by about 2 cm every year.

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GAgd4 TIL railroad gauges are approximately the same width as old Roman Chariots but that it is largely coincidence and the original gauge of 4’ 8-1/2” was established by a man from the 1820s, who used the gauge because it was common from roads in the area.
9YdD TIL that the raw flour in cookie dough, and not the raw egg, was responsible for an e. coli outbreak that led to 35 people being hospitalized
nM1W TIL that Germany during WW2 dropped on Britain propaganda leaflets showing Churchill carrying a machine gun, calling him a “gangster” who encouraged murder. The leaflets stopped when the Nazis realized that they made the prime minister more popular in the UK.
epP55 TIL: There are 10 geographic/state panhandles in the US. West Virginia has 2. The others are Alaska; Florida; Texas; Nebraska; Idaho; Maryland; Oklahoma & Connecticut
y4Np TIL that Freddy Krueger actor Robert Englund was considered for the role of Han Solo, and told his friend Mark Hamill that he should try out for a role.