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TIL its estimated 66 tonnes of human faeces has been left by mointaineers over the years on Mount Denali, North America's highest peak. It has begun to surface downstream due to warming temperatures, appearing "not very different from when it was buried"... and smelly.

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NXGD6 TIL that "Johnson's Baby" brand started in 1893 with Johnson's Baby Powder. The earliest Baby Powder was in a yellow & red tin with a label "For Toilet and Nursery”. The talc based Baby Powder was discontinued in 2019, due to concerns of the product containing asbestos, which can cause cancer.
R549l TIL a black slave soldier that fought in the revolutionary War lived to see the abolition of slavery, about 80 years after the war ended
E1p5o TIL the planet Earth is approximately halfway between the formation of the previous super continent "Pangea", which formed about 300 million years ago and existed until about 150 million years ago, and the next possible super continent, which may form in the future in about 250 million years
OGxe7 TIL of Penelope a platypus known for faking a pregnancy and escaping Bronx Zoo
O4a1 TIL that in 1996, a female gorilla named Binti Jua saved the life of a 3 year old boy who fell into her encampment by carefully carrying him to the door and growling at any approaching gorilla