Historical: 2 ideas worth knowing

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A volcano on the other side of the world gave Europe a summer with snow in June
In April 1815, Mount Tambora in Indonesia erupted in the largest volcanic blast in recorded history, throwing ash high enough into the atmosphere to cool the planet. The following …
— Historical and volcanological record, Year Without a Summer
A single tulip bulb once sold for more than ten times a skilled worker's annual wage
In the Dutch Republic of the 1630s, prices for rare tulip bulbs rose to extraordinary levels, with contracts for single bulbs reportedly changing hands for sums that could buy a ho…
— Historical and economic record, Tulip Mania

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