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TIL A volcanic eruption in Indonisia in 1815 temporarily altered the Earth’s climate resulting in many parts of the US Northeast accumulating 6 inches of snow from June 6th-7th the following year

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9jgG TIL Bender in Futurama is named after John Bender from The Breakfast Club
Brmd TIL Hummingbirds are continuously hours away from starving to death, and are able to store just enough energy to survive overnight.
M0VK TIL that the father of “The Three Musketeers” writer Alexandre Dumas remains the highest ranking black military official in European history
8anbb TIL Only elephants can hear the sounds Mars make because the frequencies are too low for humans to hear.
LkGVm TIL Koenigsegg uses only one car for crash testing. They keep the carbon fibre body and rebuild and repair it after each crash test.