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TIL that The Toba eruption was a supervolcano eruption that occurred around 74,000 years ago leading to reducing human population to a very small population of between 1,000 and 10,000 breeding pairs ,all of today's humans are descended from this tiny surviving group.

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VONG TIL that after the highest-ranking defector from the Eastern Bloc, a 3-star general in the secret police of Romania, arrived in US, a bounty of 2 mil was placed on him. Yasser Arafat and Muammar al-Gaddafi set a 1 mil reward each. Additionally, Carlos the Jackal was hired. Gen. Pacepa still lives.
6Emp8 TIL The longest family tree in the world is that of the Chinese philosopher and educator Confucius (551–479 BC), and he is the descendant of King Tang (1675–1646 BC). The tree spans more than 80 generations from him, and includes more than 2 million members.
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