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TIL that there is no reason to expect a supervolcanic eruption at Yellowstone in the near future. Such events are ‘neither regular nor predictable’.

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yV5be TIL that the first airship to successfully cross the Atlantic was named the R34. It went from the U.K. to Long Island and then returned again within 10 days.
awP9M TIL Duke Jaromir, blind and castrated, was ruthlessly murdered by a Vrsovetz assassin, who struck him with a spear in the groin when Jaromir was carrying out his nightly needs
DeWr TIL the Kiwi was originally from China and was called the Chinese Gooseberry, but the name was changed because of bad US/Chinese relations and to avoid high tariffs on berries.
5Y7E8 TIL about Spring-Heeled Jack, a mysterious boogeyman that was said to ring residents of Londons’ doorbells dressed as a bear, a ghost or a devil and scratch them with metal claws before leaping away with unnatural agility. Sightings of him stretched from 1837 to 1904.
4Xkw6 TIL of a blood group called Bombay Blood Group originated in India.It is also called the HH group.An extremely rare ABO group. A rare phenotype is generally present in about 0.0004% (4 per million) of the human population, Bombay(Mumbai) locals can have occurrences in as much as 0.01% (1 in 10,000).