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TIL Most climbers complete the round trip to the summit of Mount St Helens in seven to twelve hours. Climbers can go to the crater rim while entry into the volcanic crater is strictly prohibited

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N7LvM TIL That unlike other fish, monkfish is not kosher.
oBPZK TIL About Marcel Petiot, who after being discovered as a serial killer, hid, grew a beard and adopted the name Henri Valeri. Under that name he joined the French Forces and even became a Captain. After a new search started for Marcel Petiot, Henri Valeri was among those who were drafted to find him.
nWEeB TIL that there is such thing called "trapped keys" to prevent machines from being switched on automatically while someone is working on them
m1rrY TIL that the CIA headquarters has its own Starbucks, but baristas don’t write names on the cups, its receipts say “Store Number 1” instead of “Starbucks,” and its workers need an escort to leave their work posts.
da1E TIL the actors who portrayed the king and queen in “Coming to America” were the same actors that play the king and queen in “The Lion King” (James Earl Jones and Madge Sinclair)