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TIL the eruption of Krakatoa led to climate disruption, including Los Angeles receiving 38.18 inches of rain the following year, over three times the average.

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jNxEj TIL there is a Museum of Soviet Arcade Games in Moscow, where visitors can try out over fifty playable games (including Tankodrome!) dating from the Soviet Era.
d8n5E TIL: Richard Pryor was raised in the actual brothel where his mother worked, which was owned by his own no-nonsense grandmother, Marie Carter.
yQGaM TIL of Odette Hallowes a British WWII Spy who was recruited when she mistakenly mailed pictures of the French coastline to the wrong dept. She was stationed in France and survived 14 interrogations by the Gestapo. (more in comments)
XEMbj TIL One of the most popular national daily newspapers in Japan circulated an entirely recyclable newspaper. It had plant seeds embedded in the news print. After reading, you could plant the newspaper directly into soil and it would grow.
Pwew TIL that halfway between the U.S. and Australia, there is a concrete sarcophagus called the Runit Dome. Essentially an American version of the Chernobyl sarcophagus, constructed to deal with lingering radioactivity within the Enewetak Atoll, site of 111,000 cubic yards of irradiated debris.