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TIL Approximately 24,152 people have died climbing Denali including 11 in 1992. In addition. it costs about $11,000 to climb

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neVZY TIL only three people were trained to pack the parachutes used in Apollo. NASA forbade them from riding in the same car.
P8Qw TIL a 2007 investigation found that 24 of 25 pieces of apparel with trim labeled “faux fur” from Tommy Hilfiger, Norstrom, and MARC among others was not only real, but the fur of domestic dogs.
v19mj TIL that 'nose art', or the practice of painting pin-ups or cartoons on the front of war planes, died out in the early 1970s when Air Force Chief of Staff John Ryan called for a moratorium on the practice. It's been quietly making a comeback in recent years, albeit now strictly controlled.
5YyrR TIL the tradition of a “short snorter” began with 1920s Alaskan bush pilots. They would sign banknotes for each other, and if they ever met again, and whoever didn't have it would owe a (short) drink. The term came to mean a roll of banknotes joined and covered with signatures.
rN9p1 TIL about the Suffragette bombing and arson campaign