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TIL that symbols to denote irony or sarcasm in print have been around since at least the 1500s

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kOpYd TIL that the painting completed at the highest elevation on earth was of the K2 mountain which took 10 days to complete and required the artist to survive off the dirty watercolor paint water.
PYGaE TIL the Spanish Inquisition was devoid of its own budget, meaning it depended exclusively on the confiscation of the goods of the denounced. Due to this organization and possibility of abuse, someone wrote a letter to the king saying of the inquisitors "if they do not burn they do not eat".
dD6P7 TIL polar explorers would treat snow blindness by dripping cocaine into their eyes.
kJ5oe TIL that despite being as wide as the US, all of China is in the same timezone
GAm75 TIL In 2015, a Washington Post reporter wrote an article calling Red Lake County, Minnesota "the absolute worst place to live in America". He then visited the county and not only did he change his opinion. But 6 months later he and his family moved to Red Lake County.