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TIL there is a Cyrillic letter so rare it is only used in the phrase “many-eyed Seraphim”

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PY9ke TIL of Robert Landsberg, a photographer who died documenting the massive 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens. Realizing he was too close to get away safely, he continued to shoot footage until he was killed. His body was found buried beneath ash, protecting his camera film.
Br4Kk Bats have supercharged immune systems that may lead the viruses they spread to be more deadly.
9YxNm TIL of the Firefighter's twerk. Due to an emergency motion-based PASS alarm system, which will go off if they remain stationary for along time, Firefighter must sometimes twerk to turn the alarm off.
JYrwB TIL That the US Virgin Islands is the only US jurisdiction that drives on the lefthand side of the road.
ANkMn TIL that in 2005 Paul Janssen the developer of fentanyl was voted the second greatest Belgian of all time. (Father Damien the leper priest was first)