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TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa released the equivalent energy of 13,000 Hiroshima bombs, or enough to power the average US home for more than 20 million years.

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9Wb7 TIL President Theodore Roosevelt was hated by his party for his progressive policies. He was pressured into the Vice Presidency because it was seen as a “dead-end” where he couldn’t do any more harm.
JYdnj TIL The Fisher Pen Co. patented a sealed, pressurised ink cartridge for the anti-gravity pen in 1966. The "thixotropic” ink is close to a solid before being stirred & as it's stirred by the ball going through the point, it becomes very thin which allows it to flow in the gravity-free vacuum of space
gMGRL TIL A group of Yemeni fishermen hit the jackpot when they found a floating whale carcass in February 2021, containing a lump of ambergris worth more than US$1.5 million. Also known as “floating gold”, ambergris is a rare substance found only in the belly of sperm whales and is used to make perfume.
4Zd6 TIL- The United States federal government still does not recognize the Armenian Genocide.
Yppd7 TIL in 2010,a man bought a photo of Billy The Kid from a junk shop for $2,which could be potentially be sold for 5 million dollars.