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TIL no one has ever summited K2 in Winter, making it one of the greatest mountaineering firsts that is still up for grabs

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epZGL TIL that electrical devices have something called a „Sabbath mode“ which exists to restrict functions of said devices to be used, as energy/fire usage to cook is prohibited during the sabbath
5KZp TIL That Andre Royo (the actor who plays Bubbles in The Wire) was so convincing at playing a drug addict that during on-location filming he was once given a small package of heroin by a local resident, who said to Royo “Man, you need a fix more than I do.”
dDDW8 TIL about the Great Attractor which it was previously thought the Milky Way was moving towards at 1,342,162 mph, but now the Great Atractor AND the Milky Way are both moving towards Shapely Supercluster. Observation of these areas is blocked by the Milky Way for the next 100 million years.
9wbwp TIL Christian slater donated his entire salary from the film Interview with the vampire to all of river phoenix’s favorite charities. The role was originally supposed to go to River before he passed in (1993)
wMgY TIL Australian government is planning to kill 2 million cats to prevent extinction of other species.