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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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kO9g7 TIL there are only 15 people who have won an Oscar, Grammy, Tony and Emmy, including John Legend.
l95r TIL LGBT activists in Australia created a kingdom in nearby islands called the Gay and Lesbian Kingdom of the Coral Sea Islands. The national flag is the LGBT color flag, and the official currency is the Euro.
m15Kx TIL that During the Victorian Era, rich English people would host “unwrapping” parties with genuine Egyptian mummies.
M7x50 TIL of William Blount, an early congressman who conspired to start a war with Britain to increase the value of his speculated land
7rLQb TIL that Winged Tanks were in development during World War II. These tanks would have been dropped to support infantry troops. This concept however was impracticable, and was scrapped after the war.