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TIL The Voluntary Human Extinction Movement exists

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jNBRa TIL In 1943, Mexican farmer Dionisio Pulido witnessed the birth of a volcano in his cornfield, 200 miles west of Mexico City. Starting as a slight depression, it soon became a smoking, hissing fissure. Over 9 years, the volcano Paricutin grew to a height of 7454 feet & destroyed several towns.
NMKJ TIL a 6 year old boy was convinced that he lived a previous life. He would sometimes miss his old family so badly to the point of tears. He and his mother, being accompanied by film crew and a child Phycologist, took a plane to the hometown he spoke of and the results were uncanny to say the least.
OomaR Today I learned that Branch Rickey, who broke baseball's color barrier by hiring Jackie Robinson, had a daughter who flew military aircraft in World War II. As a member of the Women Airforce Service Pilots, she ferried bombers and fighters to free up male pilots. Those trailblazing Rickeys!
R7my7 Today I learned how India (who is the largest democracy in the world and has the longent written constitution) preserves her handwritten original copy of Constitution.
b6gm4 TIL that Orchidometer is a medical instrument used to measure the volume of the testicles.