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TIL: Around 106 tsunamis are observed in the Great Lakes each year! (although many are too small to notice)

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jNPPX TIL that English surpassed Chinese as the most spoken language in the world in 2017 by 20 million people, according to Ethnologue
NvpM TIL that K2, with a 25% death rate, is more dangerous to climb than Mt. Everest, where only about 3% of climbers are killed.
8eeZG TIL: Within hours of being transferred to a new prison, infamous fugitive, FBI informant, and Boston Irish mob boss Whitey Bulger was murdered by a group of several inmates.
OoGQL In this episode of Today I Learned, National Geographic explorer and volcanologist Stephanie Grocke explains what might be driving Santiaguito’s almost hourly eruptions.
9km TIL: Concrete is used more than any other man-made material in the world.