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TIL Human cloning is federally legal in the United States, and is only banned by 15 states.

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1awg8 TIL that concerns are increasing that Campi Flegrei - a “supervolcano” very close to the Italian city of Naples - could erupt again for the first time since 1538. Previous eruptions have triggered volcanic winters globally, causing widespread crop failures and resulting in famines.
awDyA TIL that Nikola Tesla was at the first party to have a stripper jump out of a cake
0dO0A TIL that an Australian man had his car broke down in the Outback, 150km away from the nearest town. He walked for the next 120km knowing help would not come, until he finally brushed past a search team looking for him, who found him in "remarkably good spirits"
VBAGB TIL that the term “oxymoron” means “brightly stupid” and is therefore an oxymoron having the same meaning as “sophomore”
R5nQ7 TIL Frank Sinatra had a heart attack during the time the Seinfeld finale aired. The ambulance got there fast because everyone was at home watching Seinfeld. Sinatra died that day.