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TIL the town of Blowout, Texas, got its name when lightning struck a cave and ignited thousands of tons of ammonia-rich bat shit inside it

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b6XnN TIL The Governor of the Colony of Vancouver Island, James Douglas, invited the Black community of San Francisco to settle there in 1858 and give them equal rights after they become British subjects
eDZn TIL 90% of all adoptions in Japan are adult adoptions, mostly men in their 20-30´s. Reason: Business leaders need a succesfull son to take over the business.
MeNgW TIL The creator of Attack on Titan was inspired to create the Titans after seeing a drunk customer at a cafe. He was inspired by the lack of the ability to communicate even though the person was of the same species. He decided the most familiar and scary animal in the world is actually the human.
VQr8 TIL the next Y2K like event will happen in 2038. But the sun will swallow the earth before we have to worry about a date problem again if systems use a 64bit date value.
XP5X TIL Frank Zappa and his friends were confronted at home by a fan brandishing a gun. Frank took him to the pond outside and invented a ceremony where everyone had to throw something in it; the fan threw in his gun