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TIL about Ellsworth & Emery Kolb, brothers from the early 1900's who "dangled from ropes, clung to sheer cliff walls by their fingertips, climbed inaccessible summits", and defied death to photograph the Grand Canyon

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PPGV TIL George Washington borrowed 2 books from the New York Library when he was president. He never returned them and the fine is estimated at $300,000
Z861o TIL In 1817: Welsh manufacturer and labor rights activist Robert Owen coins the phrase “Eight hours labor, eight hours recreation, eight hours rest,” dividing the day into three equal eight-hour parts. Creating the 40 hour work week.
mxboY TIL in 1941 the British and Soviet Union invaded Iran. This was to secure a supply line to Russia, secure the Iranian oil fields, and deny Nazi Germany a route of advance to Baku and British India.
wLMd6 TIL The close-up shots in cartoons that detail how gross something is about a situation or character is called dubbbed, gross-ups, specificity in the Ren and Stimpy cartoon.
oAXW TIL a species of vulture has been found to fly at 37,000 feet (almost 2 miles higher than Mt. Everest). This was discovered in 1973 when a jet struck a bird at cruising altitude and had to make an emergency landing.