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TIL: Movable Type was first invented in China in the 11th Century

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OXe TIL someone skied down Mt. Everest
m1Zgy TIL Orson Welles was not drunk during the infamous Paul Masson shoot, he was under the effects of a sleeping pill. After napping for a few hours, Welles was able to complete the commercial within an hour, and the director said he was a delight to work with.
BrZnK TIL Upper Peninsula of Michigan(UP) is the only region in the US where Finnish Americans make up a plurality of the population. Even the local English dialect is influenced by Finnish.
eglg TIL a man in his 70s is the only person to have run the NYC marathon every year since it began. He ran it in about 5 hours in 2014 (link in comments).
DBMj TIL that before he rapped, Ice Cube studied Architecture and Drafting, and he maintains a love for it to this day.