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TIL that in 2016, a scientific expedition climbing Mount Everest to study the link between hypoxia and cognitive decline had to turn back after its own members developed hypoxia

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awyRA TIL that the well-known music nightclub, Whiskey a Go Go in Los Angeles, on the Sunset Strip, bought the license to use its name from a French bar, Whiskey a Gogo, where go-go dancing originated in the early 1960's
VB9Zp TIL the Oval Office "Resolute" desk was built from the timbers of HMS Resolute, a British ship abandoned in the Arctic in 1854. Found drifting by Americans in 1855, it was restored and returned to the UK. Queen Victoria later had the 1,300lb desk made from its wood as a gift to the U.S.
pAPe TIL Tina Turner is no longer an American citizen. She has passed a German language test and Swiss history test and is exclusively a Swiss citizen after giving up her American citizenship.
9ArX TIL that Vanilla Ice originally released “Ice Ice Baby” as a B-Side to his first single, “Play That Funky Music.” The song did not do well, but a DJ in Columbus, GA accidentally played the B-Side giving birth to the mainstream success.
WwNB TIL that Ritalin and other ADHD drugs work by providing stimulation to the brain - rather than suppressing it.