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TIL the deepest hole in the world is 12 miles deep, 9 inches wide, and took 2 decades to drill

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koa5 TIL that there’s 3G mobile phone coverage on the summit of Mount Everest, so you could tweet from the top.
nWmD7 TIL the difference between liberal social justice and critical social justice
9YwGG TIL the long extinct Dire Wolf (Canis Dirus, "fearsome dog") is the largest species of the genus Canis known to have existed.
QNdZp TIL that there is substantial research supporting the existence of “daddy issues”
KZG4 TIL that Winston Churchill had a plan called “Operation Unthinkable” to invade the Soviet Union in a surprise attack immediately after the end of WWII. His plan was finally shot down when it was learned that the Soviet troops remaining outnumbered allied troops 3:1.