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TIL that Chinese authorities have created the world’s first mobile phone walking lane for pedestrians addicted to texting.

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8e1r8 TIL that the heat of the pyroclastic surge produced by the Vesuvius explosion was so great that their brains were vitrified (turned to glass). This is the first time this has been seen.
wW97 TIL Madagascar allows travelers from basically every single other country on Earth to enter with a Visa on arrival
jNkPn TIL if you would melt the Aletsch glacier in Switzerland, it could supply every single person on the Earth with a litre of water every day for 4.5 years.
EgV0P TIL that pyrocumulus clouds are formed by intense heat from wildfires or volcanic eruptions. These clouds, also known as fire clouds, develop when the heat from the fire causes air to rise rapidly, condensing moisture into towering clouds.
kdA7 TIL man made objects are occasionally found in solid chunks of coal