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TIL that more than half of the 102 sq km (39 sq mi) island of Montserrat is in an exclusion zone due to volcanic activity.

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b6Dj9 TIL the University of Toledo has a (disarmed) rocket pointed at the 50 yard line of their rival, Bowling Green State University
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