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TIL corpses are used as navigation and landmarks on Mount Everest

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xVRAB TIL the name of the Mexican state of Michoacán derives from both indigenous languages of Nahuatl and Purépecha meaning "place of fisherman" and "place next to the water," respectively.
9wBWD TIL about William Ellsworth Robinson, a white American man who performed magic under the name "Chung Ling Soo", pretending to be a Chinese man who spoke no English. The only time he spoke English while performing was when he was mistakenly shot and killed while performing a bullet catch trick.
70r7 TIL:Anne Parrish, whilst browsing bookshops in Paris, came upon a book that was one of her childhood favorites. She picked up the old book and showed it to her husband. He opened it and found the inscription: “Anne Parrish, 209 N. Weber Street, Colorado Springs.” It was Anne’s very own book.
vEPr TIL There is a trade agreement being secretly proposed in countries such as America and Australia, which would allow corporations to sue the government if they attempted to, in any way, lower their potential income, such as providing cheap alternatives to branded medicines.
yVeBl TIL Minneapolis uses a dozen clams to test the cleanliness of the city's drinking water