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TIL That there is a volcano in Ethiopia that spits blue lava

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PYJGJ TIL that the girl that inspired the worldwide hit song, 'The Girl from Ipanema' in the mid-1960s was Heloisa Pinta. Now 74 years of age, she was a Brazilian Playboy Playmate in 1987 and again in 2003.
0wJkM TIL that there is a group of citizens in New York City who hunt and kill rats with their pet Terriers. In 2017, the dogs received "vigilante awards" from city council for their work
N1Gb TIL that in 1998, a man named Matthew Shepard was murdered by two men who tied him to a fence, and beat him until he died. Despite the homophobic rhetoric used during their trial Aaron McKinney and Russell Henderson were not charged with a hate crime.
6EE57 TIL that in many countries, it is illegal to label any product Champagne unless it both comes from the Champagne region of France, and is produced under the rules of the appellation.
OELY TIL Haiti and Lichtenstein had the same exact flag. The two countries were not aware of the similar design until they encountered each other at the 1936 Olympics.