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TIL putting your phone in rice doesn't actually help with water damage

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6ELAJ TIL of super volcanos, including the one in Yosemite National Park. These types are different from regular volcanos because they don’t have the typical steep sides and are instead depressions in the ground. They are thousands of times larger than any other volcanic eruption.
woJdM TIL that "Tom's Diner" by Suzanne Vega is the restaurant from Seinfeld
R5wr6 TIL that the passenger pigeon was once the most numerous bird on Earth, numbering around 3-5 billion. They were so abundant that 30,000 birds had to be killed to claim the prize in a hunting competition. However, due to widespread hunting and deforestation, they became completely extinct by 1914
AD9Nn TIL Tokyo has its own superhero. He’s Mangetsu-Man, a self-made hero who’s taken up the responsibility of keeping the city clean. He wears a “full moon” head, purple bodysuit, oversized UGG boots with matching gloves, and uses a voice dictation app to hide his voice.
jN10j TIL in South Korea, anyone caught leaving anonymous comment on a blog with more than 100,000 readers can receive a five-year prison term. All comments must use a real name.