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TIL: In 536 AD, a volcanic eruption triggered a "year without a summer," leading to global darkness, extreme cold, crop failures, and famine. This climate catastrophe marked one of the worst periods in human history, nearly ending civilizations due to widespread social and economic collapse.

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KOnxJ TIL that king George I once organized a concert on the river Thames. He hired G. F. Handel and the result was 'water music', a collection of 3 suites. It was played by 50 performers sailing from Whitehall to Chelsea on a barge. The king liked the composition so much that he asked for 3 encores.
WvjA TIL: Sea Otters have a “favorite rock” they store in a special pouch. This rock is used for various things, such as cracking open shellfish and clams.
wLEvJ TIL of the "Chicken poop prison" in Thailand. The ceiling of the cells was a grate, and chickens were cared for above the cell. Their droppings were then allowed to drop freely onto the inmate within.
168Pd TIL that after WWE wrestler Diamond Dallas Page went through a character change in late 2001, that being of a motivational over-the-top positive speaker, he would get his teeth whitened and got a facelift to fully commit to the new character.
keym TIL in Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I have a dream” speech, the entire “dream” part was actually improvised and not written on his script, rather being prompted by Mahalia Jackson, who cried “Tell them about the dream, Martin!”