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TIL that a Soviet underground nuclear test triggered an earthquake that measured 6.97 on the Richter scale and created a 2 km lake with the ensuing 80 million ton avalanche!

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v1LLD TIL of the Toba supervolcanic eruption theory which caused a global volcanic winter for 6-10 years, a 1,000 year cooling of the Earth, and might have decreased human population to 3,000 -10,000 individuals.
d409 TIL that each Voyager spacecraft has a gold record on it that includes (among other things) a copy of Johnny B. Goode
ADjgw TIL that Albert Einstein spent more time as a Swiss citizen (54 years) than as a German citizen (36 years). In third place comes his American citizenship (15 years).
Zp5Za TIL Newton tested the theory of gravitation involving the moon and Earth but found a discrepancy so large that he did not publish it. Six years later, a new measurement of the size of the Earth and distance of the moon came out and Newton recalculated again to show his theory worked
kJ8p1 TIL Gorillaz famous "Clint Eastwood" riff is just a preset in Damon Albarn's omnichord