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TIL Under particular conditions, some volcanic vents can produce large visible smoke rings

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vPwvK TIL that the CIA tried to bribe Egypt’s president Abdelnasser to join a proposed ME defence org but he took the bribe ($3 Million) then refused to join.
boZQ [TIL] Franklin D. Roosevelt sent a written plea to Adolf Hitler asking him to stop Germany’s aggressive advances in Europe. Hitler responded with a televised conference mocking each point FDR made in a speech that lasted over 2 ½ hours.
vEaD TIL that even through African-americans are only 13.6% of the population on USA, they account for 39.4% of the prisons, 52.5% of homicides and 35% of youth crimes.
Yx5r TIL that Irrawaddy dolphins have developed a mutual relationship with local fisherman by chasing fish into their nets in exchange for some leftover fish. This relationship has become so embedded that when a fisherman’s “own” dolphin helped a rival, he followed up with lawsuits.
je7R TIL there is a special seat in the US Senate known as the Candy Desk because it has a drawer full of sweets. The senator who sits there must stock it full of candy from their home state. It has been a tradition since the 1960s.