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TIL that Yellowstone National Park contains 1/2 of the world's documented geothermal features and 2/3 of the world's geyers - beating both Iceland and Russia.

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Gp1Q TIL Danny McBride was offered a minor league baseball contract because of his role as Kenny Powers
mxnbY TIL that the government of Denmark recreated their country, block by block, in Minecraft. However, some vandals broke into the server and blew everything up, leaving behind US flags in the craters.
bNxZ TIL China has 1/5 of the worlds population, but only 7% of the planets fresh water and after ignoring the environment during its economic surge over the past few decades, over 80% of its groundwater in its major river basins is unsafe for humans
ADldB TIL the Russian mafia smuggled grain alcohol to Eastern Europe by dying it blue, labeling it s windshield-wiper fluid, cologne, mouthwash and cleaning solvents and once overseas removing the dye and selling the alcohol as high end liquor
4XW4g TIL a group of scientists from the University College, London set a new world record for the fastest ever broadband speed at 178Tbps, almost 3 million times faster than the fastest conventional broadband speeds.