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TIL During a 1953 K2 expedition, Pete Schoening prevented 5 others climbers from falling en masse to their deaths by using himself and an ice axe as an anchor. The incident is now known simply as "The Belay."

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b9A8j TIL Harold Ramis was set to direct "Galaxy's Quest", with Steve Martin, Kevin Kline, or Alec Balwin in lead roles. Neither actors were available, and Ramis left the project after DreamWorks favored Tim Allen in the lead instead. Ramis later said he was impressed with Allen's performance in the film.
KY9W9 TIL that Pablo Picasso was arrested as a suspect in the 1911 theft of the Mona Lisa.
P1YjV TIL France charges tire manufacturers a tax of about $1 per tire to pay for tire recycling. The penalty for non payment is $8,000 per tire. This is how you recycle.
7rax7 TIL Michael Jordan once tipped a waitress a $5 chip for bringing him a drink. Wayne Gretzky stopped the waitress, removed the $5 chip, grabbed one of the many $100 chips on Jordan’s side of the table, and gave it to her. Then he said, "That's how we tip in Las Vegas, Michael."
loy5A TIL that Ethel Merman volunteered her talents to sing a ZIP Code promotional jingle to the tune of Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah around 1963 which is the year the ZIP CODE was first introduced in the US. ZIP is an acronym for Zone Improvement Plan.