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TIL Krakatoa’s 1883 eruption was so powerful it was heard 3,000 miles away and changed global weather patterns”

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4kAXX TIL Rwanda's Akagera national park is the largest protected wetland in Africa and safari destination with elephants, lions. But in 1997 it was reduced in size by close to 50% as the land was allocated to populations returning after the 1994 genocide
yV8J TIL FedEx returned a volleyball that washed up after the Japanese tsunami
4Xexw Til Betty White is older than sliced bread.
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