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TIL that In 1816, after the eruption of Mount Tambora in Indonesia, Earth experienced the “Year Without a Summer.” Global temperatures dropped, leading to food shortages, crop failures, and extreme weather events

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nvo7 TIL the most powerful commercial radio station ever was WLW (700KHz AM), which during certain times in the 1930s broadcast 500kW radiated power. At night, it covered half the globe. Neighbors within the vicinity of the transmitter heard the audio in their pots, pans, and mattresses.
Y7LOB TIL that in the last 10 years, Florida has had more shark attacks than the rest of the states combined (242), yet no fatalities.
jd8v TIL the person most directly responsible for the scale of tragedy of the Titanic was a radio operator who told the closest ship to shut up after it radioed iceberg warnings. As a result the ship shut off its radio. It would easily have arrived in time to save everyone on board.
YvEx TIL: In Seattle Washington there is a ghost coke machine still in use that no one has ever seen filled but always has pop and the price has gone up from 55 cents to 75 cents over the years
oRxJo TIL: The Sea Peoples were a confederacy of naval raiders who harried the coastal towns and cities of the Mediterranean region between c. 1276-1178 BCE