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TIL only about 200 people had summited Mount Everest by 1987, whereas by 2013 it had been summited 6,871 times by 4,042 different people.

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KOXLR TIL in 2013 an elderly care home in California was shut down leaving many residents with nowhere to go or care for them. After the rest of the staff left, a cook and a janitor decided to stay behind and, upaid, they looked after them 24/7.
xVyr0 TIL there is a man with the first name "God," who sued Equifax in 2014 because his name prevented his credit from being reported
NlaN TIL John Munch, a detective played by Richard Belzer, has appeared on 10 different television shows ranging from Law & Order to Arrested Development to The Wire. These shows spanned 5 different networks, and the character has lasted over 20 years and 22 seasons.
4l46 TIL, even though the Unseen University predates Hogwarts, Terry Pratchett was repeatedly asked if he got the idea from Harry Potter. He jokingly claimed he did. And added that, “I of course used a time machine.”
6laZ TIL before R.L. Stine published his award winning children’s book series “Goosebumps” He was contracted to write “Spaceballs: The Book”