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TIL Charlize Theron’s mother killed her alcoholic father when she was 15, after he threatened to attack them. It was ruled self-defense and no charges were faced.

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GjQg TIL Mount Everest isn’t the highest mountain on Earth. Because the Earth bulges at the equator the Ecuadorian mountain Chimborazo is higher, but Mount Everest is taller compared to sea level.
wLv1W TIL suicides in Britain increased 17% in the month following the death of Princess Diana. Among women of her age, they rose by 45%
X0nkX TIL the Royal Bank Plaza building in Toronto uses real gold to tint its windows, 25000 oz (or 70kg) of pure gold in total.
78gDx TIL about flood geology, the attempt to correlate real landscape features and the presence of coal or oil with the Biblical Great Flood
nep9G TIL Bhagat Singh Thind gained US citizenship in 1918, only to be stripped of it 4 days later for being Indian. His 2nd attempt had the Supreme Court rule against him. He succeeded in his 3rd attempt. He was also the first turbaned (Sikh) member of the US Army, serving during WWI.