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TIL of the La Garita Caldera. A super volcano that had an eruption 5,000 times more energetic than the explosion of the largest bomb ever created by humans, the Tsar Bomba.

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XEQK8 TIL: For some people, recognizing faces is an impossibility due the neurological disorder known as prosopagnosia (also called face blindness). For them, loved ones can appear to be strangers.
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