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TIL around 70,000 years ago the volcano Toba in Indonesia erupted and covered the earth with so much ash the sun was dimmed for 6 years. The population of early humans neared extinction and some studies indicate there were as few as 40 breeding pairs.

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XE0vj TIL of the Cocaine Bear who was found dead in the woods after eating 76 pounds ($15 million worth) of cocaine
gr66X TIL that the children’s song “Do Your Ears Hang Low?” is a sanitized version of “Do Your Balls Hang Low?”, which was popular with British soldiers in WWI. General Douglas Haig once heard a column of soldiers singing it and went to berate their commander, only to find the commander singing along.
6vlW TIL that 77.8% of the Soviet Union’s population voted to stay within the USSR in 1991, months before it dissolved
XEOlR TIL when cowboy/actor Slim Pickens (Blazing Saddles/Dr. Strangelove) joined the military during WW2 he stated his profession was “rodeo”, the recruiter heard “radio” and Slim spent the entire war as a radio operator
VvjZ TIL American soldiers during WWII started a riot in New Zealand because they didn’t segregate their bars and they didn’t want to drink with non-white people.