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TIL about Lhakpa Sherpa, a Nepalese woman who has climbed Mount Everest 9 times, more than any other woman in the world

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6ELjQ TIL: After Plato died , Aristotle went on to teach. Philip II of Macedonia hired him to tutor his son. Alexander who became Alexander the Great.
5gpp TIL in the early 1900s, the British equivalent of “That’s what she said” was “Said the actress to the bishop.”
Kgvw TIL sex refers to the biological differences between males and females, while gender refers to the psychological aspects of femininity and masculinity.
E1AQo TIL that Stalin, historic leader of the USSR, was a pen-name meaning "man of steel". His real name was Ioseb Besarionis dzе Jughashvili.
jyKM TIL In one of the more surreal moments of the Cold War, on this day (Sep 19) in 1959, Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev exploded with anger when he learned he could not visit Disneyland.