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TIL: Scientists considered bombing Japanese volcanoes in World War II to trigger eruptions.

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rNk0M TIL the Edmund Fitzgerald sank in 1975, and the song was recorded one month later
RyEj TIL Purple is not considered a color in the visible spectrum, due to it not being a single wavelength color, much like white
6E6gw TIL The earliest e-cigarette can be traced to American Herbert A. Gilbert, who in 1963 patented "a smokeless non-tobacco cigarette" that involved "replacing burning tobacco and paper with heated, moist, flavored air". This device produced flavored steam without nicotine.
rRrg1 TIL: In April, Dr. Ch@os, the man responsible for the causing power outages, taking down air traffic towers, and storing cyanide will no longer have his internet use monitored. He has promised to not commit crime again.
kJZO7 TIL that a 2006 study showed those who knew they were being prayed for and shared the religious belief of those praying were less likely to recover than those not receiving prayers after heart surgery.