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TIL casting away a ship carries the death sentence penalty

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wod17 TIL that the Toba Supervolcano which almost wiped out humanity 77,000 years ago has a magma chamber containing over 50,000 cubic kilometres of eruptible magma, more than four times the volume of Lake Superior.
0xaN TIL NES and SNES consoles turn yellow as they age because of a breakdown of a flame retardant chemical added to plastics used in older computer hardware.
mBry TIL A Kentucky man has filed over 4,000 lawsuits around the world. He even sued Guinness World Records after they named him the record holder for most lawsuits.
PNJZ TIL 77% of low income Americans reported they would rather have more consistent income than make more money
4WQg TIL there is a series of towers built with unobstructed lines of sight from Washington, D.C. to ‘Site R,’ a secure bunker in Pennsylvania, built to relay microwave transmissions in the event of nuclear war