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Learn how the environmental effects of the explosion of Mount Tambora in 1815 caused world-wide devastation.

Because of an explosion in Indonesia, much of the world was hungry.

This episode deals with the year without a summer - when temperatures were much colder than usual (with devastating results.)

Learn about Thomas Jefferson’s financial struggles with debt - a very sad story, and how a volcano in Indonesia made his financial situation hopeless.

For two songs dealing with The Year Without a Summer, check out:

Hungrytown - Year Without a Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k_rYv9uy9Cw

Rasputina - 1816: The Year Without A Summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxeXHMHOcqQ

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