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Y7VRv TIL that the oral history of the Klamath indigenous people describes the eruption of a volcano and subsequent creation of Crater Lake in Oregon, events that geologists date to almost 8,000 years ago.
yVkr8 TIL: Half of UK Adults Have Irreversible Periodontitis, According to an Evidence-Based Toolkit for Prevention by the UK Government.
j6P7a TIL that an irrational number is called "irRATIOnal" because it cannot be expressed as a RATIO. This is probably the stupidest TIL ever, but for decades I just thought a number was called irrational because it had a never-ending decimal that did not behave in a predictable, explicable way.
YpdKv TIL the United States occupied Japan from the end of WWII in 1945 to April of 1952, but the island of Iwo Jima was not returned to Japan until 1968.
70QM TIL that for 15 years, Wilson Sporting Goods has sold a volleyball that is identical to Wilson from the movie Cast Away.