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TIL that Lake Kivu is one of three lakes that undergoes limnic eruptions. These sudden releases of carbon dioxide kill every human and animal around the lake. It is estimated that the lake erupts about once every thousand years. Currently, about two million people live on the shores of Lake Kivu.

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NPNe TIL of Howard Hill, considered by many to be the greatest archer of all time. In 1938 he made the most iconic archery shot in literature: Robin Hood splitting a target-embedded arrow with his own. He is also the first white man to kill an elephant using only a bow and arrow.
7l1r TIL the phrase “winging it” refers to actors struggling through parts that they have recently learned in the wings of a theatre before each scene
KO1xG TIL that the ancient greeks had the concept of sex bots.
XngQ TIL the DJ “scratch” was accidentally created when Grand Wizard held a spinning record in place so he could hear his mom, who was yelling at him.
PYwGe TIL Someone in the distant past took a poop in a cave, and then 14,000 years later scientists in an advanced civilization are now fawning all over that piece of poop, making it perhaps one of the most valuable pieces of poop in history.