TIL the 1883 eruption of Krakotoa which killed 36,417 people was so loud it was heard 4800KM away and the sound wave travelled the earth over 3 times
BeatTakeshi, 
If it happened today some dumb nation would certainly retaliate with a nuke after hearing the kaboom
AstralPath, There are plenty of ways to predict a volcanic explosion well ahead of time.
BeatTakeshi, Unless someone dismantles the seismic monitoring and response team
EmoDuck, (edited ) It also lead to the invention science fiction and the bicycle
Edit: I’m an idiot, I confused Mt Krakatoa (eruption 1883) with Mt Tambora (eruption 1815). I sometimes just get my Indonesian super eruptions of the 19th century confused.
Delusional, It invented the question mark.
EmoDuck, It did? Wikipedia lists it to have been around for way longer, even the modern style seems to predate the eruption
veroxii, Wooooosh!
Apeman42, 
And would sometimes accuse chestnuts of being lazy?
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