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TIL that in Germany children are literally thrown out of preschools on their last day as a fun celebration of moving on to school

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99eQ TIL that in 1985, a volcano in Colombia that was covered in glaciers erupted, instantly melting the glaciers. Two hours later, a 100 ft deep flood of rock and water traveling 39 feet per second leveled an entire nearby village, killing 20,000 out of its 29,000 residents.
pjOp TIL During WW1 to save his fellow soldiers from being killed by enemy fire, Irish soldier Michael O'Leary charged two German barricades alone killing 8 German soldiers. It was reported that he charged the second barricade to kill a German he took a dislike to. He was awarded the Victoria Cross
9arX TIL men had to swim nude in all grades of public school gym class up until the early 1970s.
ne0o TIL that a man was arrested at Best Buy and detained for hours, for trying to pay with $2 bills, because the store employees and cops mistakenly thought they were counterfeit.
6E5KX TIL 'White Boy Rick', sentenced as a minor to life in prison for possessing 8 kilos of cocaine after exposing crooked cops as the FBI's youngest informant was recently denied early release in Florida for no reason.