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TIL about Ubasute, a mythical practice from Japan, carrying your elderly parent to a mountain, leaving them to die. The film “Ballad of Narayama” explores this

by whatilearned February 11, 2023, 5:54 pm

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TIL about Third Man Syndrome. An unseen presence reported by mountain climbers and explorers during traumatic survival situations that talks to the victim, gives practical advise and encouragement.

by whatilearned February 10, 2023, 5:40 pm

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TIL a mountain “jumped” almost 15 inches (38cm) during an earthquake

by whatilearned February 9, 2023, 7:09 pm

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TIL that winter term graduates at Middlebury College in Vermont ski down a mountain into their own graduation ceremony

by whatilearned February 6, 2023, 4:51 am

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TIL the highest mountain in the Maldives rises to only 17 ft (5 m) above sea level. A local hotel once provided certificates for its guests who made the ascent.

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 5:00 pm

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TIL Mount Everest is named after Sir George Everest despite him having zero connection to the mountain (he never even saw it) and against his own wishes. He objected to the naming on the grounds that “Everest” could not be easily written in Hindi nor pronounced by the local people.

by whatilearned February 4, 2023, 3:29 am

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Italian journalist takes a trip to Gennargentu’s mountain

by cringeyjokesman February 1, 2023, 4:38 pm

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TIL Missy, a 100lb injured dog abandoned by her owner on Mount Bierstadt in Clear Creek County as a storm closed in, found by hikers a few days later who treated her but couldn’t rescue her, they posted her location on a climbers forum and an epic rescue journey began to rescue a dog from a mountain

by whatilearned January 26, 2023, 1:46 am

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Not just anyone can work at the Mountain Dew factory

by cringeyjokesman January 24, 2023, 2:55 am

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TIL that the Isle of Man TT Mountain Course track has had 265 fatalities in its history, and has had only one year without any fatalities

by whatilearned January 23, 2023, 6:54 pm

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TIL Mountain Dew was originally invented as a Whiskey mixer

by whatilearned January 19, 2023, 3:52 pm

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Something my friends would say to eachother when we were high as shit, thought you’d enjoy it (it’s some random sign from a ski mountain telling you not to do closed trails)

by CopyPastaArchive January 15, 2023, 11:48 pm

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