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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.

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rRa4o TIL in the original novel "The Wonderful Wizard of Oz," Dorothy wore silver shoes. They used Ruby slippers in the movie to take advantage of the new Technicolor film.
1aNX TIL that Cockroaches are almost extinct in Post-Soviet States, and their disappearance is still a mystery.
DQdkV TIL Muhammad Ali’s speaking rate slowed 16 percent after his 1977 15-round fight against Ernie Shavers
9dMD TIL Penelope Spheeris, the director of The Decline of Western Civilization and Wayne’s World, was given the opportunity to direct This is Spinal Tap, but turned it down, thinking it wasn’t possible to make fun of heavy metal.
AvN7 TIL of Argos, Odysseus’s dog in the works of Homer. After 20 years of waiting for Odysseus to return home, the dog is the only one to recognize him, he wags his tail and Odysseus sheds a tear, and Argos dies after meeting him one last time.