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TIL The highest point in all of the British Isles is only 4,409 feet above sea level, at Ben Nevis in Scotland.

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nWE8b TIL: The Iran Blizzard of February 1972, recorded as the deadliest in history, took over 4,000 lives during a week-long storm burying southern Iran under 7.9 meters of snow. The catastrophe unfolded after four years of drought, leaving a profound impact on the region.
ADaWx TIL There is a government program called "Every Kid in a Park" that gives a free year-long national park pass to every fourth grade student that prints one out
yV5XJ TIL that the animals killed by the south east asian poison blowgun called sumpit, is safe to eat.
ep7on TIL hybrid or "volunteer" squash plants can produce toxic fruit
YV1G TIL Obayashi Corporation has announced that it plans to build an elevator into space by the year 2050. the elevator would reach 96,000km (59,652 miles) into space. All this, the company said, can be achieved with the use of carbon nanotechnology, which they think will available by 2030.