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TIL 'zombie fires' are fires that burned during the summer, stay underground all winter long and pop up above the surface again in the spring.

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J88j TIL “Bill Nye the Science Guy” was cancelled after 20 years because due to “Hollywood accounting” the producers had never shown a profit
mPv TIL the founder of Lamborghini tried talking to Enzo Ferrari about improving their cars, but Enzo refused because Lamborghini was just a small tractor maker.
GRb1 TIL Perdro López, who confessed to raping and killing more than 300 young girls, only served 16 years in prison. He walks free today, and his current whereabouts are unknown.
0w4XN TIL that due to specialization of brain hemispheres, dolphins use the right eye to look at unfamiliar objects and the left eye for familiar targets
9YdYp TIL: Tokyo subway stations installed blue LEDs, shown to improve mood, with hope of reducing suicides. It worked. Suicides at stations with blue lights dropped 84%, without corresponding increases stations without the lights. Note: blue light is good for mood, but bad for sleeping.