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TIL of the Lake Nyos Disaster in Camaroon. A limnic eruption (dissolved carbon dioxide suddenly erupts from deep lake waters) killed over 1,700 people.

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pB64 TIL that in 1988 when the american Internet was paralyzed by computer virus, quick thinker Pål Spiller saved the Norwegian Internet by literally pulling the plug
rNpNe TIL of Bob Kerrey, who ordered a massacre in a Vietnam village in 1969. 21 civilians were killed, including the elders, children under 10, and pregnant women. Kerrey was awarded a Bronze Star for the raid, later a Medal of honor. After the war, he became a Governer, Senate and president candidate
4Bob TIL: Genghis Kahn is considered the greenest invader in history, as his murderous conquests killed so many people once cultivated lands returned to forest.
aWAN TIL that the number of users on Instagram is now larger than Twitter’s
oBEyE TIL that Ronald McDonald isn’t allowed to tell children where the hamburgers really come from, “if they asked where the food came from [we were told to say] that the hamburgers grow in a patch with the French fries next to them”