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TIL that Albert Einstein’s inability to speak until a late age actually caused him to use “visual thought experiments”, such as imagining trains and elevators, while working on physics problems. This is considered to be one of the reasons behind his success.

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VMbyG TIL Yūichirō Miura became the first person to ski on Mount Everest on May 6, 1970. He descended nearly 4,200 vertical feet from the South Col (elevation over 26,000 ft). This feat was documented in 1975, in the film The Man Who Skied Down Everest. The film won the Academy Award for best documentary
4RJa TIL that Genghis Khan set up an institution to ensure complete religious freedom in the Mongol empire.
Oo5ag TIL that astronauts often lose fingernails due to their glives during spacewalks. Some remove their fingernails before they leave.
MKZW TIL members of Westboro Baptist Church have been specifically banned from entering Canada for hate speech.
Z8KXa TIL that in 2015 the CEO of U-Haul make his personal phone number public so he could hear the questions and concerns of his customers. Apparently he still answers calls!