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TIL of Sakurajima, a hyperactive volcano in Japan which erupts up to 6 times per day

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JY6vv TIL while he was in prison awaiting his trail (and eventual execution), Saddam Hussen was forced by U.S. Marines to repeatedly watch “South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut,” in which he was portrayed as Satan’s homosexual lover.
5V57B TIL in 1954, Jim Lovell lost his navigation systems while flying at night over the Sea of Japan. He was able to locate his carrier using the bioluminescence of dinoflagellates in its wake and successfully land. He would later go on to land the damaged Apollo 13 capsule.
OPWa TIL the ashes of Clyde Tombaugh are currently en route to Pluto - the planet he discovered
o4bY TIL that when The Artist Formerly Known As Prince changed is name to the ‘Love Symbol’ in 1993, Warner Bros. had to organize a mass mailing of floppy disks with a custom font in order to use the symbol in print media.
KYK8w TIL that each king in a deck of playing cards represents a great king from history.