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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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v1MWK TIL that a solar storm in 2012 with a strong Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) missed Earth by nine days. Had the CME hit Earth, it would have inflicted serious damage to worldwide electronic systems and cost up to $2.6 trillion. The recovery time from such a disaster would have been about 4 to 10 years
VMpO8 TIL when the Romanov family was executed in 1918 the daughters Tatiana, Anastasia, and Maria survived the initial gunfire because they had over 1.3 kilograms (2.9 pounds) of diamonds sewn into their clothing, which the bullets ricocheted off. They were subsequently killed with bayonets.
M7BYB TIL Francesco Guicciardini's father refused to make his son a priest, out of principal, even if it meant less money. As a layman Francesco ended up working for 20 years as the Pope's right hand man. He privately wrote that he hated the clergy, but self interest demanded to keep working for them
8a51L TIL that the name "Idaho" is not a Native American word, but a completely made-up word that George M. Willing coined after meeting a little girl named "Ida."
QJgZd TIL because of the large number of MiGs it shot down, the F-4 Phantom II is nicknamed "The World's Leading Distributor of MiG Parts."