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m1j1x TIL that the “eternal flame” at the JFK memorial was accidentally doused 15 days after it was lit in 1963 by kids pouring Holy water on it. It was extinguished one other time in 1967 when the transformer powering the spark igniter was flooded and shorted out during a rain storm.
VMe9m TIL about Yemen's Well of Barhout, known as the "Well of Hell", which is 100 feet wide and 328-820 feet deep. Foul smells emanate from the well, and folklore says it served as a prison for demons.
4Xme6 TIL In 1955, June Bacon-Bercey became the first African-American woman to receive a degree in meteorology; she went on to become America’s first female TV meteorologist.