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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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Vj8Q TIL while filming The Blues Brothers, Dan Aykroyd saved Carrie Fisher by performing the Heimlich maneuver while she was choking on a Brussels sprout.
9YWPm TIL Sylvester Stallone's iconic facial features, especially around the mouth area, is due to the fact that he was born at the hands of an intern because they couldn't afford a real doctor. The intern accidentally paralyzed the motor nerves on the left side of his face, and took 4 years to recover.
vPaKr TIL - There is a phenomenon in Norway called “The Hessdalen Lights” which refers to a valley where on a regular basis large orbs of light fly through the sky. Universities and Governments have studied it for decades and have also documented it heavily.
5PvQ TIL Microsoft has 3x the amount of cash in the bank than the US Government.
VBwnk TIL that it took a month for Ernő Rubik to solve a wooden block prototype of the Rubik's Cube