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TIL the world’s longest burning fire is 6000 years old

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Jdd8 TIL that domain names were free until 1995.
Y7ZRx TIL that I will have to look after the Dew Point on the weather reports rather than the temperature + humidity, as it showcases better if my body will be able to cool off efficiently
e0Y0L TIL in 981 a hospital's location was chosen by hanging pieces of meat in several places for a few days and deciding in favor of the one where meat was found to be least infected
rNEDd TIL when President William McKinley was shot by anarchist Leon Czolgosz, members of the crowd began beating the latter. The President then told the attackers to "go easy on him, boys." McKinley survived initially but died 8 days later. Leon Czolgosz was executed by electrocution a few months later.
v1LdB Today I learned that Beavis and Butthead saved Rob Zombie's career by featuring a White Zombie video on the show in the early 90's