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TIL that there is a bigger volcanic process than super volcanoes called Large Igneous Provinces that appear to have occurred simultaneously with extinction events.

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E1pYd TIL, Midnight Oil vocalist Peter Garrett is the uncle of Maude Garrett, the former co-host of the TV show Sarvo on Australia's version of Nickelodeon.
grnYL TIL artificial vanilla flavoring used to be made with castoreum, a sac located under a beaver's anus.
OGZAL TIL that the jerrycan was invented in Nazi Germany. Jerry, also often phrased as Gerry, was used by the allies when referring to German soldiers. So jerrycan means something like “German can”.
d8m4Q TIL that Harrison Ford, who'll play Indiana Jones in a 2021 sequel, is actually a year older than the actor who played "old" Indy on the 1990s TV series "The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles."
6rkJ TIL an Indian man was fraudulently declared dead by his uncle. He fought with the Indian government for nineteen years to prove that he is alive.