Education of the Mind: TIL Krakatoa that killed over 36 thousand due to the eruptions and subsequent tsunamis. Isn't even the largest explosive eruption within the last mega-annum. Toba eruption holds that record, plunging the Earth into 6 years of volcanic winter and pushing our species into a genetic bottleneck.

Saturday, July 15, 2017

TIL Krakatoa that killed over 36 thousand due to the eruptions and subsequent tsunamis. Isn't even the largest explosive eruption within the last mega-annum. Toba eruption holds that record, plunging the Earth into 6 years of volcanic winter and pushing our species into a genetic bottleneck.

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