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TIL that in “Titanic” Jack Dawson claims to have gone ice fishing in Wissota Lake which is a man-made lake and wasn’t formed until 5 years after the Titanic sunk

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4XBrX TIL there is a volcano in Colorado which is likely to become active again---Dotsero, beside Interstate 70, last erupted only 4,200 years ago.
dxVQ TIL that the lyrics to the Mr Bean theme song (Ecce homo, qui est faba) translate to “Here is a man, who is a bean”.
jNmxR TIL Australia bans nuclear power plants, but at the same time export enough uranium to produce the equivalent of 97% of its domestic electricity (which is 80% from fossil)
Y7XOA TIL that whale sharks have 'dermal denticles' (basically small teeth) all over their bodies (like most sharks) but also on their actual eyeballs