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TIL that in 1986, Lake Nyos in Cameroon erupted a massive cloud of CO2 that killed a nearby village of 1700 people and 3500 livestock through asphyxiation.

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OG0Ae TIL that due to exacting health and safety standards, Japanese eggs can frequently be eaten raw which is a staple of Japanese cuisine.
j6XmR TIL that a Humanized mouse is a genetically modified mouse that has functioning human genes, cells, tissues and/or organs.
4X0w5 TIL that Facebook employs 15,000 content moderators to review some of the most disturbing content on the platform. Many of the moderators have been diagnosed with PTSD while others have reported believing in flat earth or holocaust denial after repeated exposure to the subjects.
Rye9 TIL that scientists found a daddy longlegs fossil trapped in amber that has kept an erection for 99 million years
p8wyN TIL 24 astronauts flew around the moon. 12 of those walked on the lunar surface, and 6 of those drove a lunar rover on the moon. 3 astronauts have been out to the moon twice, and of those 3, 2 of them have landed. Nobody has been on the moon more than once.