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TIL that the place Julius Caesar was murdered, “Torre Argentina,” is now a cat sanctuary.

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LkJb0 TIL There's a supervolcano beneath Yellowstone National Park that would release ash so dense; it would block the sun and send the world into another Ice Age if it were to erupt
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