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TIL that Alaskans have been trying to remove the name “Mount McKinley” from their mountain in favor of “Denali” but it’s been blocked for decades by congressmen from Ohio, William McKinley’s home state.

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P1K6g TIL Karpov vs. Kasparov, World Chess Championship 1984 match lasted for five months & five days. FIDE President Florencio Campomanes unilaterally terminated the match, citing the players' health despite both players wanting to continue. Karpov is said to have lost 10 kg over the course of the match.
rNyWy TIL that fish are not silent underwater. They actually make a large variety of sounds, from clicking to squeals, with some even chirping like birds. These noises are used to communicate many different things, like warning off other fish or announcing the presence of a predator.
0xLj TIL the most accurate Moon Phase wrist watch can accurately track the moon’s phase for the next 2,060,757 years - so accurate that by the time you’d need to adjust it by a day, an Earth day would be 37 seconds longer and all calculations would be null and void. Plus you’d be dead.
VM80Q TIL showers were invented as a deliberately unpleasant treatment to cure the insane
jgmv TIL in the 1980s Pablo Escobar bought four hippos that he kept in Colombia. After Escobar’s death, they were left untended at his estate. As of 2014, 40 hippos have been reported to exist from the original four and are considered potentially invasive.