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TIL that during WW2, American scientists debated bombing Japanese volcanoes in order to cause massive lava eruptions

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oBR5E TIL that the Japanese have a word ("shimensoka") that means "being forsaken by everybody" or "being surrounded by enemies on all sides"
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e0XA5 TIL Bulgaria ended up at war with everyone in 1944 by accident. Bulgaria declared war on Germany due to Soviet pressure, not knowing that the Soviets, tired of waiting, declared war on Bulgaria the same day. By the next day Bulgaria was at war with the USSR, US, UK and Germany all at the same time.
ANJWd TIL Switzerland has enough nuclear fallout shelters to accommodate its entire population.
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