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TIL Jupiter's moon Io, the most volcanically active world in the Solar System, has volcanic eruptions so powerful that they can be seen with large telescopes on Earth

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Br9XK TIL that the Mexican language Ayapeneco is dying out. It is only spoken fluently by two people, but they refuse to talk to each other.
WknAB TIL about Ming, the oldest animal ever discovered at 507 years old. The researchers studying it accidentally killed it
Y9E7 TIL that ‘Brithenig’ is a constructed language made to show what English would be like if it had developed as a Romance language, like French or Spanish.
D1laP TIL about the Nazi program to develop nuclear weapons. The program suffered from a lack of scientists, as the politicization of research in Nazi Germany had pushed most scientists to flee to the United States.
b9Rm9 TIL that the WWF wrestler Ludwig Borga AKA Tony Halme released a rap album whilst working as a representative in the Finnish Parliament