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TIL Mt. Everest has 3G coverage
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TIL Arthur Uther Pendragon, born John Timothy Rothwell, became convinced that he was the reincarnation of the mythical king after reading a book. He became a druid and formed the Loyal Arthurian Warband, a Druidic group focusing on environmentalism.
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TIL a US Air Force captain with security clearance named William Hughes vanished for 35 years. He was suspected of defecting to Russia, before reappearing in the Bay Area in 2018 living under a new name.
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TIL After Franklin Roosevelt defeated Herbert Hoover in the 1932 US presidential election, he tried to change 'Hoover Dam' back to it's original name: 'Boulder (Canyon) Dam', but by then the name 'Hoover Dam' was too popular with Americans, and 'Boulder Dam' failed to catch on.
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TIL that surgeon August Bier tested a form of anesthesia that involved injecting cocaine directly into the spine on his own assistant, and to test its effectiveness, he stuck a needle in his leg, hit him in the shins with a hammer, pulled out his pubic hair, and even squeezed his testicles.
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TIL that ice was shipped from Boston around the world. Frederick Tudor, who basically had a monopoly on the trade, became known as “The Ice King” and was one of the wealthiest people in the world.