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TIL there is a US Navy ship named after a mountain, which was named after a president: the USS Mount McKinley

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pYxWb TIL that In 1816, after the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, Earth experienced the “Year Without a Summer.” Global temperatures dropped, leading to food shortages, crop failures, and extreme weather events
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