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TIL that a Steam Engine Train brought down a Focke-Wulf Fw 190 during WWII

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yQ56a TIL of Paricutín. A volcano that emerged suddenly on 1943 from a farmer’s land in a matter of day. Now peaking at 9200ft, it’s still the first ever volcano whose birth has been witnessed by human eyes.
5Ylw9 TIL that as many as 1 million Vietnamese people are disabled or have health problems as a result of U.S. use of Agent Orange in the Vietnam War. Nearly 20 million gallons of various herbicides and defoliants were sprayed over Vietnam between 1962 and 1971 by the U.S. military.
epBvD TIL that you are able to hear people talking miles away, given the right weather conditions.
E1aPw TIL that Irish author James Joyce was very into farting during sex. When in Italy, he sent a number of extremely explicit letters to his wife Nora, where he detailed almost every act you could think of. He mentioned farting a lot.
J1vYl TIL that every even number is the sum of two primes, according to the Goldbach Conjecture, which has been verified up to 19 digits