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TIL Amazon women is not women of the Amazon (Brazil) but rather mythical tribes in Greek Mythology

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R5L96 TIL there's a volcano in the Philippines, Mount Mayon, known for its perfect cone shape. It's so symmetrical that it has become a popular symbol of natural beauty and has inspired numerous local legends.
jQwa TIL in 1933, three Japanese school girls crossed in love committed suicide by jumping into a volcanic crater on the island of Oshima. This act started a bizarre trend in Japan, and in the following year 800 other people leapt into the same crater.
Z8p6Q TIL the last new enclosed mall in America was built in 2006, and 2007 marked the first time since the 1950s that a new indoor mall was not built in the USA.
rRJE0 TIL more than 20% (one in five) of adults in South Africa have HIV, which is an estimated 7.7 million people.
5Yaer TIL of the Targa Florio, an automobile race through small mountain villages in Sicily, where spectators sat, stood right next to, or even on, the road, leading at least one race car driver to call it "totally insane." The race was held annually for around 70 years.