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TIL: The sound made by the Krakatoa volcanic eruption in 1883 was so loud it ruptured eardrums of people 40 miles away, traveled around the world four times, and was clearly heard 3,000 miles away.

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gr8ay TIL: An Indian mathematician identified Mt. Everest as the world's highest peak in 1852. Using trigonometry, he calculated its height to be 29,000 ft. In 2020, the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Nepal determined the actual height to be 29,031 ft - a difference of 31 ft from the 1852 estimate.
69e4l TIL a cat's memory is 200x better than a dog's, and that a dog's short-term memory is only 5 minutes.
OG67X TIL thousands of Enron emails are available online after they were made publicly available when Enron was being investigated by energy regulators
WkkAY Short answer: Maybe, but they'd be very busy
M7b9b TIL that a pipe is supplying water to China’s tallest waterfall, the Yuntai Waterfall. The fall are also one of the country’s most popular natural attractions.