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TIL that Mount Everest was named under the surname of George Everest, who has nothing to do with its discovery.

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X8m6 TIL scientists used a medieval recipe for a salve including wine, garlic, and oxgall mixed for 9 days to successfully kill MRSA bacteria
yQGdJ TIL In Finland, speeding fines are linked to salary. The Finns run a “day fine” system that is calculated on the basis of an offender’s daily disposable income – generally their daily salary divided by two. In 2002, Anssi Vanjoki, a former Nokia director, was ordered to pay a fine of US $103,600
EM80 TIL that all white tigers are the result of inbreeding and have no conservational value since they don’t exist in the wild and are not a separate species.
X0aR8 TIL there was a 52 episode Bollywood version of Stephen King's IT on the TV in the late 90s called Woh
Yp1Jd TIL 30,000 People disappeared during Argentina’s dirty war. Every Thursday Buenos Aires’ Plaza de Mayo fills with women wearing white scarves and holding signs covered with names of those who were kidnapped by the government.