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TIL the Indonesia Volcano Erupted earlier today-

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OoAZR TIL Australian prime minister, Harold Holt, who went missing while swimming at the beach, had a pool named in his honour. The locals call it ‘Dead Harry's’.
b6MbZ TIL , as a congressman, future 20th President James A. Garfield contributed to the Pythagorean Theorem by providing additional proof using a trapezoid.
mwwO TIL diamonds aren’t rare; their demand is a marketing invention. In 1938 De Beers hired an ad agency who arbitrarily decided that a diamond engagement ring is worth 1 month’s salary. It worked so well they increased it to 2 months’ salary. De Beers carefully restricts supply to keep the prices high.
kJ571 TIL That a 1.1 grade in Germany is equivalent to 9.8/10 in Indian Scale
WkxPo TIL that owls do not have eyeballs. Rather, they have tubular eyes and are unable to move them. This is the same reason they are able to move their heads 270°