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TIL: For the first time since 1974, nobody climbed to the top of Mount Everest last year.

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pY0o8 TIL about "Project Iceworm", a top-secret 1958 $2.7 billion U.S. plan to convert part of the Arctic into a launchpad for nuclear missiles, including a nuclear reactor. Due to shifting Greenland ice sheets, the plan was scrapped in 1967, & the massive underground structure thereafter collapsed
aNLA TIL A Vietnamese woman sat without a chair for 11 hours 51 minutes, setting the world record for longest static sit ever
kO1B7 TIL that Sega hired the mafia to kidnap a game developer’s sister to stop them from working with Nintendo. In response, the developer hired a crane to drop a Sega arcade machine in front of their headquarters and sent them a threatening letter saying that one of their employees would be next.
9wkmp TIL: The peppers to make Tabasco sauce are fermented for 3 years before being bottled
l7W1B TIL that, when traveling overseas, Queen Elizabeth II did not need a passport. Since all passports were issued in her name, it was unnecessary for The Queen to possess one. All other members of the Royal Family, including The Duke of Edinburgh and The Prince of Wales, have passports.