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TIL that there is 4G mobile coverage on the summit of Mount Everest

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8pJG TIL that each year 2,000 to 10,000 shipping containers fall into the sea. They float for up to half a year before they sink, making them a danger to marine traffic.
wLN46 TIL Steely Dan's 1973 track, "My Old School" refers to then Dutchess County prosecutor, "Daddy G" who is none other than G. Gordon Liddy of Watergate fame
p7QA TIL that Kim Jong-Il’s birth name is Yuri Irsenovich
VRPG TIL when volunteers providing food to elderly and poor people through the Meals on Wheels program began to notice that people were sharing their limited food with their pets, an organization called AniMeals was developed to feed their pets as well.
4XPx6 TIL that David Hume, at a dinner party, once openly questioned whether anyone could truly be an atheist. His host, the Baron d'Holbach, revealed that Hume was sitting at a table with seventeen atheists.