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TIL about Paul Barton, a pianist who plays classical music for elephants in an elephant sanctuary

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neOa9 TIL that in 2000 a Nasa plane accidentally flew over Mount Hekla, A.K.A the Gateway to Hell in Iceland, resulting in the first ever directly recorded plume measurements of sulfur dioxide and temperature readings taken from an actively erupting volcano.
loA5G TIL It's believed that the plane crash that killed John Denver on Oct 12 1997 was due in part to him running out of fuel during flight, being unable to see his fuel gauge, and a design flaw in accessing his reserve fuel tank switch.
vLkK TIL of Tetris Syndrome, which is when you play a game too long and you start to dream about it, and hallucinate about it on the edges of your vision.
7xWr TIL “Almost” is the longest word in the English language with all letters in alphabetical order.
16alX TIL that Tom Hanks is related to Mister Rogers and 16th US President Abraham Lincoln