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dD9pB TIL that in August 1986 a limnic eruption (the release of dissolved carbon dioxide from a body of water) resulted in the deaths of 1746 people and 3500 livestock living near Lake Nyos, Cameroon
yQpYX TIL Austrian inventor Erwin Perzy is considered as the inventor of snow globe who accidentally came up with the idea in 1900. His grandson Erwin Perzy III still runs the family business specializing in custom-made snow globes.
GV5E TIL that Mumbai has an intricate food delivery system that picks up 200,000 hot lunches from wives or moms, delivers them to working men, then returns the containers home again same day.
EgyMw Today I learned from the 1950s to 1970s, attempts were made at running bus services between London and India. The trip took about 50 days, cost about $100, and buses are said to have included private bunks and even a kitchen.
DQ4ve TIL All shellac (78 rpm) and Vinyl (16, 33 and 45 rpm) records start their information from the outside, spinning to the inside. Every other form of spinning data records created since then (floppy discs, hard drives, LaserDiscs, CD, DVD) records from the inside to the outside.