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TIL That if Everest were in New York city, and you stood on top of it, you would be able to see Montreal.

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v1R9x TIL that Jehovah’s witnessed believe Satan was cast down to earth on October 1, 1914 and that only 144,000 will enter Heaven. The rest of the righteous will be resurrected and enjoy life after death in a cleansed planet after Armageddon.
J1LD1 TIL that the modern standard keyboard layout, QWERTY, was NOT designed to slow typists down but rather to prevent the mechanical typewriters from jamming.
Q1Dk TIL a master impersonator and identity thief with no medical training, imperonsated a surgeon on board a ship, read some text books and performed life saving surgery on wounded soldiers.
D17kp TIL Walt Disney World near Orlando briefly had a real airport with a singing runway. Grooves in the tarmac were spaced so the lines played the opening notes of "When You Wish Upon a Star" when planes rolled over them. The airport closed in 1972.
7rvVL TIL that in 1930 on the news bulletin the BBC reported that "There is no news" and instead played piano music