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TIL The summit of Mount Everest is not the farthest point on Earth away from the Earth's center. The summit of Chimborazo, a volcano in Ecuador, holds that designation due to Earth's slight equitorial bulge.

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9elr TIL The movies “Goodfellas” and “My Blue Heaven” are based on the same real-life gangster: Henry Hill.
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