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TIL that Kobe Bryant's Middle Name Is Bean

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7dRZ TIL An 80-year-old Japanese extreme skier who climbed Mount Everest five years ago, but just missed becoming the oldest man to reach the summit, has finally claimed the title by climbing it once again
olP7 TIL: Later in his life, Voltaire developed the habit of living near borders so he could more easily escape the authorities if his writings angered them
R7Xk7 TIL that Idaho has two time zones split by Northern and Southern Idaho
JYkVl TIL of "Sputnikfest" an annual celebration held in the city of Manitowoc, WI where people dress up as aliens and science fiction characters to commemorate a 20lb piece of a Russian satellite crashing down in the city back in 1962
D1mGe TIL a "fat-in" was staged in New York's Central Park in 1967 as a fat acceptance movement. It consisted of a group of 500 people eating, carrying signs and photographs of Sophia Loren (an actress famous for her figure), and burning diet books.