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TIL there are remains of an ancient, extinct volcano in New Jersey.

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6xZw TIL that to leave a social gathering without saying goodbye to anyone is called the “Irish goodbye” or the “French leave”. The French call it the “filer à l'anglaise”.
OoyO1 TIL 'dyscalculia' is difficulty in learning or comprehending arithmetic, such as difficulty in understanding numbers, learning how to manipulate numbers, performing mathematical calculations and learning facts in mathematics.
r8yM TIL about the Berlin Airlift and how the US and Britain led efforts to save Berlin using C-47s and C-54s to airlift food and supplies because all other routes were blocked by the Soviet Union. An estimated 2M people were saved.
Q6Za TIL that ancient Roman kids wore amulets devoted to the divine phallus. These effigies depicted winged penises or fist/penis hybrids - home charms showed ejaculating penises into eyes or multi-phallic sculptures. These charms helped protecting from evil eye (eg.babies’ necks), give strength or luck.
Oood6 Good news: they'll explode! Bad news: they might not be the prettiest fireworks ever.