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TIL on August 21, 1986 Lake Nyos suffocated more 1,700 people after a sudden release of carbon dioxide.

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m18wx TIL That the barn owl is the most widespread landbird species in the world, occurring on every continent except Antarctica.
BgZGL TIL that Steve Jobs is buried in an unmarked grave
8a5AK TIL that porch roofs on old houses in the American South are sometimes painted blue to scare off "haints," a variation of the word "haunt" referring to ghosts or spirits. Blue is the color of water, and ghosts supposedly can't cross water.
d9lB TIL that when Anne Frank’s family was arrested, her father showed the officer her height markers on the wall to prove how long they had been hiding, and after the diary was published, the officer said, “I bought the little book last week, to see if I was mentioned there, but I was not.”
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