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TIL Hawaii has gained over 1,000 acres of land due to the continuous eruption of the Kilauea volcano

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wLl97 TIL about Roman Emperor Elagabalus, who loved to dress up as a woman, wore make up, depilated himself, requested to be refered to as a woman and acted as a courtesan. He also offered a large reward to anyone who could make him a vagina, which makes him the first recorded transgender person.
RVVl TIL molten glass becomes a conductor of electricity.
6EOAQ TIL the deepest hole humans have dug is known as the Kola Superdeep Borehole in the far northwest of Russia. It is 40,230ft deep (12.2km). The locals say that can hear the screams of souls tortured in hell. It took the Soviets 20 years before the end of The Cold War scrapped the project.
yQNpX TIL that after inviting John Ratcliffe (villain figure in Pocahontas) for a friendly gathering, the Powhatan Indians instead tied him to a stake, removed pieces of skin from his entire body with mussel shells and tossed them into the fire as he watched.
xBpD TIL the world’s first fully-painted, feature-length film is an animated movie about the life of Vincent van Gogh made up of 56,800 stop-motion paintings. Years in the making, it is scheduled to open this summer on the 125th anniversary of his death.