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TIL of all the volcanoes on earth, on average one erupts every week

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171V TIL that under US federal law, you change age the day before your birthday. So unless state law specifies “21st birthday,” as opposed to “21 years of age,” you can legally drink the day before your 21st birthday.
0ZjR TIL the evolutionary advantage for pruney fingers is they help us grip wet surfaces
1Am8 TIL that the St. Joseph’s student who serves as the school’s Hawk mascot receives a full scholarship as long as he does NOT stop flapping his wings at basketball games. The mascot is estimated to flap his wings 3,500 times during a regulation game.
0wyVR TIL about Peter Conover Hains, a US army officer who served in the Civil War, the Spanish American War, and World War I, the latter after being recalled to active-duty at the age of 77.
PYBBL TIL of Father Daniel Berrigan, a Catholic Priest who ended up on the FBI's Most Wanted List after burning draft cards in protest of the Vietnam War