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TIL Polar bears are invisible to night-vision goggles.

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gMZr7 TIL About 2 guys, who, without proper permits, equipment and no food and money, climbed Mt. Everest, and then paraglided and kayaked into the Indian Ocean in one trip
N7OWQ Today I learned the Cornus Florida is the state tree for Virginia and Missouri, but not Florida.
neR1d TIL Suleyman the Magnificent had an helmet made to resemble the papal tiara, but with an extra, fourth crown to show he was more powerful than the Pope himself
j6evM TIL of the Mawza Exile of 1679 in which the Jews of Yemen were expelled to the desert of Mawza to die of exposure. After 1 year, the exiles were recalled to their homes to resume their work as the remaining Yemeni population was deprived of their usual goods and services during the exile.
gMed9 TIL of General Butt Naked, who killed 20.000 people and and carried out regular human sacrifice and cannibalism of children during the First Liberian Civil War