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

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awRJ TIL that the creator of the band-aid made it for his wife, who often cut or burned herself while cooking, to protect and heal her wounds.
v1O0B TIL Sperm whale sonar clicks are so loud they can do physical harm to divers.
r94o TIL United States Founding Father John Dickinson was nearly unanimously elected as President of Delaware; the only dissenting vote was from himself
0wP4M TIL Germany lost the First World War in major part because of underdeveloped agriculture and over reliance on import of food (the British Navy blocked it when the conflict began; learnt from the book "Cities" by John Reader)
YDmd TIL there is a disease referred to as Stone Man Syndrome in which the body’s repair mechanism causes fibrous tissue (including muscle, tendon, and ligament) to be ossified when damaged.