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TIL drag queen and actor Divine was an inspiration for Ursula in Disney's 'The Little Mermaid'

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yVDYp TIL that a 1958 earthquake in Alaska caused waves that reached over 500 meters, or over 1,640 feet
Eand TIL Fuel has gotten so cheap that ships are now choosing to take the long way around Africa rather then pay the fees to transit the Suez Canal
DQQVe TIL Pierre Curie exposed his own arm to radium salts for 10 hours. He studied the wound, which resembled a burn, day by day. After 52 days a permanent grey scar remained.
QNPEX TIL in South Korea, there is a difference between ramen and ramyun, with ramen referring exclusively to Japanese noodles served fresh at restaurants and ramyun referring to Korean-style instant noodles served with boiling water
6ELAJ TIL of super volcanos, including the one in Yosemite National Park. These types are different from regular volcanos because they don’t have the typical steep sides and are instead depressions in the ground. They are thousands of times larger than any other volcanic eruption.