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TIL China has Salamanders as large as Humans

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mMwM TIL there are more than 200 corpses on Mount Everest. They are used as trail markers for climbers and many of the bodies have earned nicknames.
nWwkb TIL about the Sheitel, a wig worn by Orthodox Jewish women. Because of the belief that Orthodox women need to cover their hair, some exploit a loophole by using a sheitel and essentially wear more hair on top of their natural hair.
m18NY TIL Young babies don't develop the reflex to breathe through their mouths until they are 3 or 4 months old.
W7XQX TIL that Walmart's struggle in Germany was linked to excessive employee smiling, which unsettled shoppers unaccustomed to such behavior. This cultural mismatch, along with other company practices, led to Walmart's exit from Germany in the mid-2000s.
9wAJX TIL that similar to West Virginia previously being part of a larger Virginia, Maine was originally an exclave of Massachusetts before seceding to become its own state.