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TIL that the 1991 Mt. Pinatubo eruption in the Philippines may have indirectly been one of the causes of the 1993 Great Flood in the Midwestern US.

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ejW5 TIL that “muskeg”, very damp soil, is why northern Ontario is almost uninhabited. Sometimes 100 feet deep or more, unless completely cleared it freezes and buckles construction in winter, and swallows anything left (locomotives, construction equipment, moose, etc.) when it thaws in the spring.
mxVKO TIL that comedian Rodney Dangerfield's tombstone bears the inscription "There goes the neighborhood."
0d7wL TIL the longest lasting bubble lasted for 465 days
b94aN TIL Soap and water don't kill germs; they work by mechanically removing them from your hands. Running water by itself does a pretty good job of germ removal, but soap increases the overall effectiveness by pulling unwanted material off the skin and into the water.
6EwnY TIL that the rate of colorectal cancer has been rising in young adults in the US and no single factor has been identified for this trend.