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TIL that the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Ha’apai volcanic eruption added an estimated 10% to the total water vapor in the Earth's atmosphere, which could remain for several years.

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XEKm8 TIL: For journalistic purposes, William Thomas Stead exposed child prostitution and abduction in 1885 by having a thirteen-year-old victim, Eliza Armstrong, "purchased" for £5 and taken to a brothel where she was drugged. He published this later in a series of exposés that shocked readers.
wL8VP TIL Hawaii's public education system began in 1841 and is the oldest in the U.S. west of the Mississippi. When the kingdom was overthrown it became illegal to teach the Hawaiian language, teachers were punished for speaking Hawaiian at school. It wasn't until 1978 that the state made it mandatory.
a9lZ TIL in the 70’s the CIA had developed a working nearly traceless heart attack gun. It has contributed to many alleged assassinations and has been subject of many whistleblowers, including Matt Simmons who was exposing BP’s lies.
4kV1g TIL since its premiere in 1987 the show Unsolved Mysteries has helped locate half of the wanted fugitives it has featured, reunited over 100 lost loves and freed 7 prisoners who were wrongfully convicted. An additional 260+ cases involving murder, missing persons and fraud have also been solved.
R5LQ9 TIL caffeine has a ~6hr half-life. So 200mg at 7am today will leave you w/12.5mg same time tomorrow. Repeat everyday and you’ll slowly increase the caffeine already in your system when you wake up.