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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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N7jDe TIL there are triangled shape donuts called Brown Bobby
rNGr0 TIL: Milkweed leaves are one of the few places where Monarch Butterflies lay their eggs.
eYRL TIL that China has drastically reduced its poverty within the last decade, with the poverty rate dropping from 26% in 2007 to only 4% in 2014
N7M9Q TIL that Adam Sandler’s Happy Madison studio has net $2.5 billion over 35 films for an avg. profit of over $70 million per film.
oBdR TIL that the Isles of Scilly has the smallest football (soccer) league in the world. The league consist of 2 teams who play one another 17 times a season and compete for 2 cups and the league title.