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TIL it costs about $65,000 to climb Mt. Everest

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4Xrpw TIL that cat meat is a traditional Christmas dish in parts of Switzerland. The Swiss government rejected a proposed law to protect dogs and cats from being eaten in 1993.
b6yga TIL: All 5 of the original Super Mario Bros. development team members have been involved in the development of every core Mario game for the last (nearly) 40 years.
npRr TIL that when Julius Caesar had Cato the Younger removed from the Senate for going against him, many other senators left as well. When Caesar asked one why he was leaving the Senator said he’d rather be in jail with Cato than in the Senate with Caesar
kJ481 TIL that ‘Persepolis’ - Marjane Satrapi’s autobiography of her childhood during the Iranian Revolution - has faced numerous attempts at banning the book from schools and libraries. Every attempt has failed.
jN1YE TIL Why the buttons for girls and guys’ clothes are on different sides: when button up clothes were invented, wealthy women were dressed by their servants, and men dressed themselves. Having buttons on different sides made it easier for servants to button.