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TIL Ball’s Pyramid is the tallest volcanic stack in the world.

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kO0em TIL that the Chinese equivalent of "when pigs fly" is "when the sun rises in the West." Other variants include "when the crayfish whistles" (Russian), "when the crow turns white" (Tagalog), "when the fish climbs the poplar" (Turkish), and "when it snows red snowflakes" (Hungarian).
o1AK TIL during the Iraq-Iran War, the United States shot down an Iranian civilian plane, killing 260 people.
6Enwl TIL that in 1975, Sean Connery co-wrote a script for a Bond film called "Warhead". It features Spectre, from a secret base in the Statue of Liberty, launching an attack on NYC. Robotic hammerhead sharks, armed with nuclear weapons, are sent into the city’s sewers to wreak destruction as they explode
6EwNl TIL 6% of the land in the US lower 48 states is worth more than all the rest of the 94% of the area
4XNGo TIL at Downtown Hotel in Dawson City, Canada, you can buy a $5 shot of whiskey with a real frostbitten human toe as your garnish and if you accidentally swallow it, you have to pay a $2,500 fine.