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

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XEpBE TIL that Matt Leblanc, before he was cast in Friends, was told by a photographer to go to a dentist and file a tooth as it was longer. Matt couldn't afford $80 for the dentist as he only had $11 left to his name, so he bought 3 packs of emery boards (Nail files) and filed the tooth himself.
59MR TIL the lubricating fluid that is naturally produced in a woman’s vagina during sexual arousal is mainly blood plasma
6EQ1w TIL The Daily Show setup a food truck in North Carolina and refused service to people that "seemed gay" in accordance with North Carolina's HB2 law
9YnRX TIL The term "Slacker" first came to widespread use in America during World War I. It was used almost entirely to refer to young men who were attempting to dodge the military draft. Before 1917, it was used rarely. During 1917, it was so popular a film about a draft dodger was made with that title.
6EwOw TIL of the University of Sydney Pirates. In 1957, a group of 10 students dressed as pirates and boarded the U.S.S. Bennington. They then snuck to the bridge where they proclaimed, over the PA system of the ship, that "The U.S.S. Bennington has been captured by Sydney University pirates!"