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TIL Mt. Vesuvius is still active, having had 4-6 relatively severe eruptions every century for the past 500 years (last one in 1944). It's also the world's most densely populated volcanic region, with 3 million people living nearby.

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ROKw TIL Kurt Russell smashed a priceless 145-year-old Martin guitar filming ‘The Hateful 8’. The guitar was supposed to be swapped for a prop, but through miscommunication Russell just kept acting. As a result, the Martin Museum will never again load guitars for film “under any circumstance”.
d8OXd TIL that statisticians, Ruth O'Brien and William Shelton, tried to make standardized U.S clothing sizes for women in the 1940s by measuring 15,000 women. They came up with a three part sizing system due to the diversity in body shapes. It was rejected because it was too difficult for manufacturing.
xmp0 TIL a Nigerian advance-fee email scheme exists depicting a Nigerian astronaut stuck on a secret soviet space station, require $3 Million to get home. The email has been circulating for more than a decade.
GAGr4 TIL about The Acerra Brothers' Traveling Professional Baseball Club, a baseball team consisting entirely of brothers
nLRG TIL of Ken Allen (1971–2000), an orangutan at the San Diego Zoo. Not only did he escape 3 times, his peers began following his example & escaped too. He outwitted zookeepers even when they posed as visitors. During his escapes, Ken would “peacefully stroll around the zoo looking at other animals.”