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In April 1815, Mount Tambora erupted, leading to the "Year Without a Summer" in 1816. This climate anomaly affected global agriculture, causing food shortages and unrest. The dire conditions indirectly sparked a demand for social change in various regions, playing a timely role in uprisings, such as the June 1816 Luddite Rebellion. A volcano's eruption left an indelible mark on history!

In 1919, a giant storage tank burst and unleashed a 25-foot wave of molasses, flooding Boston's streets at 35 mph. Eleven people and countless animals perished. The sticky disaster stained Boston's North End for decades, leaving a sweet memory that's hard to digest.

The wood frog, native to North America, can survive being frozen solid during winter. Its cells and tissues remain unharmed, thanks to a high concentration of glucose that acts as antifreeze. When spring arrives, these frogs thaw out and return to life, hopping away as if nothing ever happened!

In 1980, Icelanders, fueled by disillusionment with traditional politicians, elected Jon Gnarr—a comedian with no political experience—as mayor of Reykjavik. His campaign, founded as a parody, included promises like polar bears for the zoo. Surprisingly, Gnarr's term led to substantial changes and increased tourism.

** In 1948, an unidentified man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Australia, with no identification and a cryptic note in his pocket reading "Tamám Shud," meaning "ended" in Persian. Despite extensive investigations, the case remains unsolved, baffling experts and capturing the public's imagination for decades.

Tsutomu Yamaguchi, a Japanese engineer, survived both the Hiroshima and Nagasaki atomic bombings in 1945. He was in Hiroshima on business when the first bomb struck and returned to his hometown, Nagasaki, only to encounter the second bombing. Despite the odds, he lived until 2010, making him one of the few double hibakusha—atomic bomb survivors.