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TIL that Mount Everest is completely blanketed in 3G network coverage and has been since 2010. All the way to the summit.

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4XOlw TIL about the "The Mad Pooper" an unidentified lady who defecated publicly in Colorado while jogging and targeted multiple places. P&G even offered her free supply if stopped doing that and identified herself. Though no one has come out with her identity the poopings have stopped.
mJQp TIL that in 1951 the managing director of Guinness Breweries became involved in an argument over which was the fastest game bird in Europe (the golden plover or the grouse). He was unable to confirm the answer using reference books of the time. Shortly after, the Guinness World Records were born.
PYw8G TIL in the 1950s the US Navy sprayed San Francisco with a bacteria known to leave 'pink slime' residue in damp environments like bathrooms and now known to cause UTIs and pneumonia, in order to test the impact of an offshore biological weapons attack on a coastal city
vWG4 TIL that in 2010, the Kanye West Foundation received $572,383 but didn’t spend a single penny on charitable causes. In all 4 years it ran, the KWF only gave $7,695 in actual grants and donations (0.56% of it’s expenses).
9w7x6 TIL that Sigmund Freud was a Cocaine Addict, and he personally prescribed it to his wife and friends