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TIL Zombie fires are wildfires that can smolder underground through Arctic winters, reigniting at the surface when conditions are right.

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OG7ZR TIL South Park aired an episode titled “Band in China”… which resulted in them being banned in China.
kbBB TIL that the Pyrenean Ibex is the only animal thus far to have gone extinct twice.
OG4E4 TIL that Gene Hackman was reluctant to star in Unforgiven (1992), as his daughters were upset with the amount of violent films he had been in. Eastwood nevertheless won him over.
nPxG TIL that the 1968 film “Planet of the Apes” was originally planned to be an episode of the television series “The Twilight Zone” written by Rod Serling.
PYWvJ TIL that the Mormon Church has a secretive task force that monitors what church members say, publish, or post online. Any member that criticizes the church can be reported to local church leaders, so that the offending member can be corrected, disciplined, or excommunicated.