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TIL The 2018 eruption of Kīlauea in Hawaii increased the Calderas size by nearly 2x.

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9wBBG TIL According to the Bible, Moses was born out of incest: his mother Jochebed was the aunt of his father Amram (Exodus 6:20)
KOBB6 TIL the is a term for an "act of throwing someone or something out of a window" called defenestration. It originated in Prague when on two occasions (1419 and 1618) government officials where thrown out of windows, both times starting a war (the Hussite and Thirty Years War)
XQnQ TIL Steven Spielberg spent $250,000 of his own money in a campaign to see Bill Murray win an Oscar for his role in “What About Bob?”
5YBwD TIL about Richard Lynn, a psychologist that produced various controversial studies that attempted to map IQ levels based on race. He believes that some races are more inherently psychopathic than others. Critics have labelled him as the face of scientific racism.
WOL4 TIL that in 1912, Teddy Roosevelt was shot in the chest while campaigning, but the bullet was slowed by a steel eyeglass case and a 50-page speech. After determining the bullet hadn’t pierced his lung, Roosevelt proceeded to give his 90 minute speech as planned.