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TIL that Barents Sea was blocked by ice in 16th century

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Lkw0V TIL the White Stripes only has three songs on the Billboards hot 100 chart with Seven Nations Army being the lowest ranking song at 76
vPpXK TIL although Emily Dickinson was not widely recognized during her lifetime, she wrote nearly 1,800 poems. However, only 10 of these were published during her life, without attribution and sometimes without permission.
5VynR TIL that the most famous poem by Zhang Zongchang--a 'warrior poet' who was named Time's 'Basest Warlord'--reads "You tell me to do this, he tells me to do that. You're all bastards. Go fuck your mother."
R5L96 TIL there's a volcano in the Philippines, Mount Mayon, known for its perfect cone shape. It's so symmetrical that it has become a popular symbol of natural beauty and has inspired numerous local legends.
9YjnM TIL about Tunnel Boom. Compression waves are generated in front of the high-speed train upon entering a tunnel. These compression waves subsequently coalesce into a weak shock wave so that a unpleasant sonic boom is emitted from the tunnel exit.