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TIL that the oral history of the Klamath indigenous people describes the eruption of a volcano and subsequent creation of Crater Lake in Oregon, events that geologists date to almost 8,000 years ago.

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QbBM TIL that Martin Van Buren, 8th president of the U.S., did not mention his wife of 12 years even once in his 800 page autobiography
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67gw TIL there was a fire in a school in Collinwood, Ohio that resulted in the death of 172 students, two teachers and a rescuer, making it the deadliest school fire in the United States.
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