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TIL, Lava lakes (pools of molten lava within a volcanic crater) are very rare. Fewer than 10 volcanoes have maintained persistent lava lakes in the past decade.

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nmgb Today I learned that the US Military’s suicide rate surpassed combat deaths in 2012
7rmAb TIL the first ever film rated "PG-13" by the MPAA was Red Dawn in 1984, Before that it went straight from PG to Rated R
X0KMD TIL As a reward for the victory at Blenheim, the Crown gave the Duke of Marlborough the Woodstock estate on condition that a replica of a captured French standard be presented annually to the British monarch — that ceremonial “peppercorn” tradition has been observed for 300+ years.
jNk0N TIL that the words can be drawn in such a way that they remain the same when viewed from different directions/perspectives. Ex: SWIMS (viewed from upside down it remains the same). These are called as ambigrams.
eJe6 TIL that Nixon didn’t want pigeon poop along the path to his inauguration, so he had $13,000 of a chemical bird repellent sprayed on trees around the area. It turned out the spray was toxic, and instead of pigeon poop, Nixon had dead pigeons lining the path to his inauguration.