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TIL The true size of Africa.

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VB9LG TIL about Tunemah Peak, located in Kings Canyon National Park, California. Its name comes from a Cantonese swear word that translates to “f ---- your mother”
oPER TIL If poison ivy is burned and the smoke then inhaled, this rash will appear on the lining of the lungs, causing extreme pain and possibly fatal respiratory difficulty.
XEJkQ TIL that in 1987, a West German teenager named Mathias Rust illegally flew a plane from Helsinki, Finland to Moscow, landed in the Red Square, and evaded the entire Soviet air defence system.
KYeKE TIL that many Native Americans fought for the Confederacy during the American Civil War
kyd TIL Bertrand Russell survived a plane crash at the age of 76, in which 19 of the 43 passengers died. Russell survived because he was seated in the smoking section, claiming before the flight that “If I cannot smoke, I shall die.”