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TIL that Dolly Parton was an uncredited producer on Buffy The Vampire Slayer and she was partially responsible for bringing it back to the small screen after the 1992 film bombed.

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mbOx TIL that Lake Kivu is one of three lakes that undergoes limnic eruptions. These sudden releases of carbon dioxide kill every human and animal around the lake. It is estimated that the lake erupts about once every thousand years. Currently, about two million people live on the shores of Lake Kivu.
yQALp TIL about Terry A. Davis, creator of the free operating software Temple OS. Diagnosed with schizophrenia in his early 20's, Davis created the software because he stated that God commanded him to. He was able to finish most of the software by himself before his untimely death in 2018.
rRg44 TIL the controversial "Smiley Faced Killer" theory, at least 45 male college students across the whole continental US, drown after getting drunk to incapacity. A smiley face graffito being found generally nearish by.
DQLDY TIL that 600 Ottoman defectors under the command of rival to the throne Orhan Çelebi joined the defense of the Byzantine Empire during the siege and ultimate fall of Constantinople in 1453
mYKM TIL that Eminem is afraid of owls