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TIL the sound of Krakatoa erupting was so loud that it circled the Earth FOUR times.

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awjDo TIL that the TV show Baywatch, best known for swimsuit-clad stars like Pamela Anderson and Kelly Packard, had on average a viewing audience of over 65% women throughout its syndication run.
R7eD1 TIL that the blood type O was originally designated as C by Karl Landsteiner who discovered three distinct blood types naming them A, B and C. Type C was later changed to O to reflect its unique property of having no antigen sites on its surface.
Yp65v TIL in 1993, an FBI agent in a gorilla suit helped catch Mexican zoo officials who were attempting to smuggle primates from America to Mexico illegally. The five people that were caught were charged with trafficking primates in violation of federal laws protecting endangered species.
KON7Q TIL Georges Charpak was awarded the 1992 Nobel Prize in Physics for his invention and development of particle detectors. In 1944 he was deported to the Nazi concentration camp at Dachau, where he remained until the camp was liberated in 1945
mxZjv TIL due to the "fajita effect," when the first order of fajitas comes in, cooks at Chilis begin prepping for the several orders that always come soon after. Hearing and smelling the first dish causes a cascade of orders among patrons.