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TIL that there’s 3G mobile phone coverage on the summit of Mount Everest, so you could tweet from the top.

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l79y7 TIL About Morton's Toe, a condition where the second toe is longer than the first toe. This is also known as a Greek foot, as opposed to the Egyptian's foot where the first toe is longer than the second toe. Only less than a quarter of the population has Morton's Toe.
R7P79 TIL Danica McKellar, the actress who played Winnie Cooper on the Wonder Years, went on to write six books on mathematics, including "Hot X: Algebra Exposed," "Kiss My Math," and "Girls Get Curves: Geometry Takes Shape."
9wweX TIL Yu-Gi-Oh holds the Guinness World Record for top selling trading card game. As of January 2021, it is estimated to have sold about 35 billion cards worldwide.
QNMkX TIL at least 17% of Germany's population has been infected with the hepatitis E virus, estimated 2014
VMEmB TIL Steve Comisar sold clotheslines as a "solar-powered clothes dryer" for $40. He is in federal prison right now and is scheduled to be released April 16, 2018.