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TIL there is a Volcano in Indonesia which spews electric blue lava.

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ep6L5 TIL the Russian listening device planted in the US Embassy, "The Thing" was designed by Leon Theremin, inventor of the theremin musical instrument.. and the technology in "The Thing" was a precursor to RFID tags.
9YejD TIL that Amazon Web Service's ToS includes a clause that, in the event of a zombie apocalypse, the Lumberyard program's acceptable use clause no longer applies.
JYrV4 TIL about a tombstone mentality which is an attitude, in aviation air safety, of ignoring design defects until people have died because of them.
yQGjw TIL that people used to gather around paintings at well-to-do parties identifying hard-to-spot things for fun, a game that was essentially I Spy but for the wealthy and educated.
78r6M TIL a wedding can be performed in Montana without either of the people getting married being present. It is called a double proxy wedding, because there are two people(proxies) standing in for the people actually getting married.(2:30)