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TIL There are 18 paths up Mt Everest that have resulted in successful summit attempts. Two of them have fatality rates >50%.

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NXGaM TIL that the first atheist organization was the National Secular Society, founded in the UK in 1866. They gained attention for their promotion of birth control and sex education.
8ePxX TIL the band Coven threatened to sue KISS' Gene Simmons when he attempted to trademark the "devil horns" gesture in 2017
R5na8 TIL Detroit-style deep dish pizza was created when Gus Guerra tried baking pizzas in spare car parts.
BApD TIL that in his review of “Lulu”, the collaboration between Metallica and Lou Reed, Chuck Klosterman wrote: “If the Red Hot Chili Peppers acoustically covered the 12 worst Primus songs for Starbucks, it would still be (slightly) better than this.”
jNLYN TIL an future earthquake in the Midwest can result in over $300 billion in damages and 86,000 casualties