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TIL that East Germany had an internet domain (.dd)
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TIL that Kangchenjunga, the tallest mountain until a survey of Everest in 1849, has never been fully climbed. The first people to reach the top in 1955 stopped short of the summit because they promised the ruler of Sikkim to keep the sacred mountain intact. Every climber since has done this, too.
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TIL Some tree species have “crown shyness” when the uppermost branches don’t touch the nearby trees resulting in gaps that resemble channels or zig-zagging.
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TIL in 1856 paleontologist Amanz Gressly discovered a dinosaur named Gresslyosaurus. Years later he suffered a mental break and was institutionalized. When a friend visited him, he found Gressly agonized & hallucinating that he had transformed into the Gresslyosaurus. Gressly died shortly afterwards
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TIL that Eminem is commended in the 2015 edition of the Guinness Book of World Records for having the most words in a hit single, ‘Rap God’, totaling 1,560 words in 6 minutes, 4 seconds.
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TIL that in an episode of Seinfeld, Elaine tries to get her boyfriend to change his name, as it was the same as famous serial killer, Joel Rifkin. Elaine suggests he change his name to “OJ” after OJ Simpson. 7 months after the episode aired, OJ was put on trial for double murder.