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TIL Russia's Kamchatka Peninsula has the highest concentration of active (29) volcanos on Earth. Separated by only 180 kilometers (110 miles), 4 of them, Shiveluch, Bezymianny, Tolbachik, and Kizimen were all erupting simultaneously on January 11, 2013.

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