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TIL of the 1902 Mt Pelée eruption which killed 30,000 island occupants leaving 3 survivors: one girl rowed to safety in a cave she played in, one man survived it and two future eruptions, and one survived by blocking the 1,000 degree ash from his prison cell with urine drenched clothing.

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KaLB TIL carrots aren’t actually that good for rabbits, since they are high in sugar, and they don’t form a natural part of their diet.
6vbZ TIL one million moms threatens to boycott JCPenny over mother’s day ad that featured two moms… JCPenny’s responded by featuring 2 dads. for father’s day ad.
818X TIL in Zagreb, Croatia there is replication of all 9 planets (at the time) sizes and distances in the same scale as Sun. In 2004. there was a scavenger hunt to find them beacuse the locations were unknown
ER4p TIL There were ancient stone tablets in Japan’s recent tsunami struck areas with inscriptions “Do not build your homes below this point!”
gMlDy TIL In 1944, a Finnish soldier escaping the Russian Army took 30x the dosage of methamphetamines designed to keep soldiers awake. He managed to ski 250 miles surviving on only a raw bird and some pine buds, and when he got to hospital a week later his heart rate was 200BPM.