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TIL: Although Everest is the highest mountain on Earth (from sea level) , Muana Kea is the tallest (measuring base to height).)

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e0Qv5 TIL that in 1973 a Mercedes-Benz 770 F-Cabriolet that was stated to be Hitler's parade limousine was sold for a then record of $153,000. A week later it was revealed to have belonged to Finnish President Carl Mannerheim, but this news was ignored, and the car broke the record again half a year later
lGDK TIL The USA Conducted an Experiment in 1964 Where They Gathered 3 Young Physics Students, and Gave Them a Salary, and All Publicly Available Documents on Nuclear Weapons, and Told Them to Build an Atomic Bomb. They succeeded.
rrL1 TIL of John Laufer, the man who stopped Mall Spree Killer Sylvia Seegrist. He did not know that she was shooting real bullets and simply walked up to her and grabbed the gun from her as it was annoying. He thought it was a fake gun it was a Halloween prank.
pW9b TIL Samuel Adams (beer) donated hops from their surplus to 108 different craft brewers during a hop shortage in 2008. This action undoubtedly prevented some from going out of business. Info in Philanthropy.
VBLN0 TIL Ryan Gosling was in a two-piece gothic rock band called Dead Man's Bones. The other half of the duo was producer Zach Shields.