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TIL more people die descending Mt. Everest after they’ve made it to the top than during the ascent.

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ZpdeG TIL:Phillip Lenard,a Nobel Prize winner for his work on cathode rays was a fierce German nationalist.Under the Nazi regime,he was made the "Chief of Aryan Physics".Lenard's fervent support for Hitler made him launch malicious attacks directed towards Einstein and Roentgen.
nvgo TIL African Americans make up 13% of the American general population, but 42% of the American homeless population.
nWppB TIL Gordon Ramsay robbed the restaurant that he was working in and framed his mentor Marco Pierre White so that they wouldn’t hire him to replace Ramsay.
GADpJ TIL that younger sailors weren't subjected to the infamous "Cat o' nine tails" for punishment. Instead, they faced discipline with a milder whip called the "Boy's Pussy.
J1oml TIL in 2008 Chicago sold off all of its city parking meters to private investors for 75 years, and the private investors already made their money back and turned a profit.