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TIL Japan has over 100 active volcanoes, about 10% of all the world’s active volcanoes.

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VMWPG TIL Ruth, of Ruth's Chris Steakhouse, has always hated the name "Ruth's Chris"
9wp1r TIL of Lt. Col William Rankin. In 1959 he was forced to eject from the F-8 jet he was flying. He ejected over a thunderstorm, and the fluctuations of air pressure caused his parachute to open prematurely. As a result he was carried aloft in the thunderstorm for over 40 minutes before landing.
mMOE TIL that the deadly mosquito is actually a very weak flier (1 mph). The American Mosquito Control Association says just a fan can keep them away.
rN6vd TIL that there are multiple animals out there capable of generating new neurons even as adults.
oBARW TIL that Saif ad din qutz was enslaved by the Mongols and sold in the Syrian slave market and then to Egyptian sultan. Rising to prominence under the Sultan, he became the grand vizier and decisively defeated the Mongols at the battle of Ain el jut and halted the Mongol conquest