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TIL a Mississippi driver's license does not require a driving test just a written exam.

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P1J4J TIL about Sikh Nation - the largest blood donation campaign run by Canadian Sikhs to commemorate the tragic loss of thousands of lives in India’s anti-Sikh genocide in 1984. It has saved more than 160,000 lives and spread to 27 communities across the country since it began in 1999.
EjP0 TIL there is an $11,000 royalty fee a climber must pay to the Nepal government to climb Mount Everest. They earn around $3.25 million every season.
oRJXr TIL that small black holes are more violent than supermassive ones: the tidal forces at the event horizon gets substantially weaker the larger the black hole—you can theoretically survive a trip beyond the point of no return without being crushed
04mN TIL mayhem is the crime of intentionally maiming someone. Originally it was specifically removing a body part so that the person could not defend himself in combat.
17KP TIL there’s about 10 times the amount of water inside the earth, as there is in all the oceans, lakes, rivers, and glaciers on the surface.