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TIL it’s possible to make lava, which is apparently good for roasting marshmallows

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grA7A TIL that Henri, Count of Chambord, was offered the French throne in 1870. He refused it when the French National Assembly would not meet his demand that they change the flag, leading Pope Pius IX to remark, "All that for a napkin!"
gw97 TIL the first sighting of the chupacabra was by Madeline Tolentino in Puerto Rico after she saw the 1995 science fiction horror movie “Species.” Her description of the chupacabra is very similar to the creature in the movie (designed by Swiss artist H.R. Giger, of “Alien” fame).
W7G5d TIL about the Mad Gasser of Mattoon, an urban myth from Mattoon Illinois, now thought to be a small 33-person mass hysteria
0Dp1 TIL that the grand boulevards of Paris were built in the mid-1800s partly to make it harder for rioters and revolutionaries to barricade the streets like they had in earlier uprisings
5YLpk TIL the CNN world headquarters building used to house an indoor amusement park called The World of Sid and Marty Krofft