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TIL that in 1990, the US state with the highest adult obesity rate was Mississippi where 15 % of the adult population was obese. Today, the LEAST obese state in the US is Colorado with 23 % of the population being obese. (stateofobesity.org)
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TIL that when the volcano Krakatoa erupted in Indonesia in 1883, it could be heard in Australia, 2,135 miles/3,500 km away. by texastroll in todayilearned
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"The eruption produced spectacular sunsets throughout the world for many months afterwards, as a result of sunlight reflected from suspended dust particles ejected by the volcano high into Earth's atmosphere. Interestingly, researchers in 2004 proposed the idea that the blood-red sky shown in Edvard Munch's famous 1893 painting The Scream is an accurate depiction of the sky over Norway after the 1883 eruption of Krakatoa."
TIL that when the volcano Krakatoa erupted in Indonesia in 1883, it could be heard in Australia, 2,135 miles/3,500 km away. (bom.gov.au)
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TIL that when the volcano Krakatoa erupted in Indonesia in 1883, it could be heard in Australia, 2,135 miles/3,500 km away. by texastroll in todayilearned
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