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TIL Mount Everest is the only place in the world where the land ever touches the stratosphere.

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XyRr TIL in 1960 the Mercury-Redstone 1 rocket blasted off and reached an apogee (height) of 4 inches. The rocket also settled back on the launch pad, undamaged, without tipping over.
eoD4 TIL Wig theft was a problem in 18th Century England, with thieves using children, dogs, and monkeys to snatch the expensive wigs of wealthy people on the street.
kO8W7 TIL that the second largest Air Force in the world is the US navy
PplG TIL that when a homeless New Yorker dies and can’t be identified, he or she is buried using prison labor in an unmarked grave on an island filled with such mass graves.
0XOM TIL there is a mascot for Testicular Cancer Awareness called Mr. Balls, aka ‘Senhor Testiculo’.