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TIL that the best guess for the next "civilization-threatening" volcanic eruption is around 17,000 years from now. This will eject 1 million tonnes of pyroclastic material.

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rR8J0 TIL that in the USA, emails are considered “abandoned” after 180 days. The government can look at these emails without a warrant thanks to the Electronic Communications Protection Act.
69G8X TIL that during WWII, the Ford Motor Company was losing so much money that the Roosevelt Administration considered a government takeover of the company in order to ensure continued war production.
Y7VRv TIL that the oral history of the Klamath indigenous people describes the eruption of a volcano and subsequent creation of Crater Lake in Oregon, events that geologists date to almost 8,000 years ago.
awEEy TIL that the Golden Wattle (Acacia pycnantha) the emblem for Australia contains a psychoactive alkaloid called DMT.
b6XZE TIL in 1996 snooker legend Jimmy White took his dead brother out on a drinking session the night before his funeral.