August 27, 2026
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On This Day
1883 - Krakatoa volcano, located west of Java in Indonesia, erupted with a force of 200 megatons of TNT, killing approximately 36,000 people.
Fact of the Day
The modern hoodie was invented in the 1930s by the Knickerbocker Knitting Company (now Champion) as functional workwear for laborers and cold storage warehouse workers.
Nature Oddities
Crickets have special hearing organs called tympana located right on their front knees.
Food and Drink
All gherkins are pickles, but not all pickles are gherkins. A gherkin is specifically a small cucumber (1-5 inches long) with bumpy skin that’s been pickled, while a pickle can be any size of pickled cucumber.