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TIL that the longest democratically elected communist government in history was the 34 year Communist Party of India (Marxist)-led Left Front rule in the Indian state of West Bengal

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xV8Yw TIL the 1815 eruption of Mt. Tambora was the deadliest volcano ever, causing 90,000 deaths and a 'year without summer'
Lk7gp TIL that researchers hypothesize that women were primarily responsible for the ceramics in at least one significant era of ancient Greek history
69NpJ TIL There's a board game called 'The Campaign for North Africa' which can take up to 1,500 hours to complete
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