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TIL that Colorado has an active volcano that last erupted around the same time the pyramids in Egypt were being constructed.

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QNXMX Today I learned that most States in the US don't give you overtime pay after 8 hours in one day like mine.
Jk01 TIL the container ship Tokio Express lost nearly 5 million pieces of lego due to a massive wave in 1997. Coincidently, most pieces have an oceanic theme and continue to wash ashore to this day.
b9p47 TIL that when it became apparent that Israel was going to win the 1978 Eurovision Singing Contest, Jordanian TV stopped the live broadcast, showed a picture of daffodils, and later announced that Belgium had won.
e0vD6 TIL that the rules for appointing vacant house seats depend on the state's own laws if the vacancy occurs during the second session (RIP John Lewis)
E1AGV TIL that after inventing the lie detector, William Moulton Marston was asked to create and develop a superhero for DC Comics. At his wife's insistence that the superhero be female, Marston created Wonder Woman.