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TIL that the largest volcanic eruption in recorded history, in 1815, led to a "Year Without a Summer," causing widespread famine and the death of horses. This, in turn spurred, the invention of the bicycle as a new means of transportation.

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GAlk1 TIL Dave Gahan hated shooting the video for "Enjoy the Silence" because he didn't understand Dutch Director Anton Corbijn's idea for the video and walking around desolate places dressed like a King made him feel like an idiot. The video helped to propel the album "Violator" to global acclaim.
b6Ra TIL St Sebastian, a Christian saint, is often depicted in art during his death, with arrows impaling his body. Michael Richards, an artist, has a piece where he cast a mold of himself and, instead of arrows, had planes flying into his body. Richards died on the 92nd floor of Tower One on 9/11
jkVM TIL that after Sinéad O'Connor refused to performed in New Jersey if ‘The Star Spangled Banner’ was played prior to her appearance, Frank Sinatra threatened to “kick her ass”
RBY9 TIL of the “Mother in Law Plant” whose poison hinders your ability to speak
VM0pD TIL ghost sheet comes from burial sheets. In old theater productions, when you wanted someone to look as if they had risen from the dead you would have them appear in their burial sheet thus representing that they were corpses. And that has lasted on to become a sheet over your head youre a ghost