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TIL the 1815 eruption Mt. Tambora was the deadliest volcano ever, causing 90,000 deaths and a 'year without summer'

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7rryZ TIL the farthest the human eye can see unaided: at sea level you can see for just under 3 miles, on Mt. Everest you could potentially see 211 miles, but under a dark sky you can see the Andromeda Galaxy 2.5 million light years away.
9YaZM TIL someone on the set of titanic spiked the seafood chowder with PCP and got dozens of cast and crew members high including director James Cameron
78o47 TIL that in Austria, Americans can go to any McDonald's to get in touch with the U.S. embassy if they need help. This was established under a new partnership between McDonald's locations in Austria and the U.S. Embassy in Vienna
woVP1 TIL Humans swallow at between 500-700 times a day, around three times an hour during sleep, once per minute while awake and (obviously) even more during meals.
7K5L TIL a man in Argentina planted a guitar-shaped forest of 7,000 trees, and more than 1km in length, in memory of his wife