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TIL Aconcagua, the tallest mountain in both the Western and Southern Hemispheres, is only the 189th tallest mountain in the world.

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oyoo TIL that David Prowse, the actor who played Darth Vader, once held the British deadlift record with a pull of 674.75 lbs.
1aK94 TIL about Calcio Storico, a game played only in Florence. It's a mix of soccer, rugby and wrestling played in historical costume. Only three games are played per year, tactics such as head-butting, punching, elbowing, and choking are permitted and there's no such thing as a game without injuries.
kJGde TIL that for several years after the acclaimed 1974 film The Taking Of Pelham One Two Three came out, transit authorities would avoid having trains scheduled at 1:23.
VB5GZ TIL that the first computer virus, known as "Creeper," was an experimental program created in 1971. It displayed the message "I’m the creeper: Catch me if you can" and inadvertently led to the development of the first antivirus software, called "Reaper."
oRWYL TIL Computer Shopper magazines used to be over 1000 pages, about 2 inches thick, and weigh over a pound. While at a Comdex trade show, some of the editors and writers took a pile of the magazines to a Las Vegas gun range and were surprised to discover the magazine could not stop a .22 caliber bullet