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1808 mystery eruption

Okay kiddo, so a long, long time ago in the year 1808, there was a big mystery eruption. Basically, a big mountain called a volcano erupted and nobody knows which one it was because nobody saw it happen.

Scientists have been trying to figure out which volcano erupted by looking at evidence like rocks and ash. They think it might have been a volcano in South America because there was a lot of ash found there.

When a volcano erupts, it can be really dangerous because it can shoot out hot lava, ash and rocks that can hurt people and damage everything around it.

So even though we don't know for sure which volcano erupted in 1808, we know it was a pretty big deal and people today are still studying it to learn more about volcanoes and how they can affect our world.
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