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Short answer: Blame it on hot air, or swirling air, or something else
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TIL Eastern Russia has a “Valley of Death” where volanic hydrogen sulfide gasses displace all oxygen for a metre or so above ground level. This kills animals which attracts scavengers who are also killed in an endless chain of death.
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TIL at over 16,000 ft., La Rinconada, Peru is the highest permanent settlement in the world. Surrounded by gold mines, the town has a population of 30,000 people. It has no running water or sewage system and has little to no government presence.
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TIL Baseball has a rule which says players cannot fraternize with the other team while in uniform.
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TIL that the author of the Perry Mason book series, Erle Stanley Gardner, also founded The Court of Last Resort, which helped those who had been convicted because of poor legal representation; misinterpretation of forensic evidence; or careless and malicious actions of police and prosecutors.
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TIL that a man ran ran 247 triathlons including 6 ironmans and 7 half ironmens, as well as 70 marathons… pulling or pushing his son.