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TIL the hot spot fueling Yellowstone quite literally blasted through mountain ranges with volcano explosions to “rest” where it’s at today

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jXE TIL Bill Murray is having a party crashing tour in select cities across America starting in August. Parties must include alcohol, karaoke, and a banner saying “BILL MURRAY CAN CRASH HERE”.
neEW9 TIL that the theme song from the movie Titanic, Celine Dion’s “My Heart Will Go On,” was playing in the dining room of the Costa Concordia cruise ship just as she hit an underwater reef, which would eventually lead to her sinking.
14G4 TIL two con men sold a fake painting for €1.5 million, only to find out that all the money was counterfeit
p4l4 TIL the astronauts of Apollo 11 received a per diem of $8 a day for their mission to the moon.
8aGlb TIL that scuba divers caught in the 2004 Indian Ocean tsunami were reportedly tossed around underwater, yet boats floating above were unaffected and failed to notice the wave as it passed by.