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TIL asphalt is not only a naturally occurring substance (tar pits, oil sands, etc.), but is erupted from asphalt volcanoes, a rare type of submarine volcano. Some of these have formed seamounts, and a few are even still active today.

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aE9M TIL the founder of L'Oreal founded and bankrolled a terrorist organization based at the L'Oreal headquarters. On September 11th, 1937, they bombed two buildings to create the impression of a communist conspiracy
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