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TIL To disprove reports of his death after a weeks-long disappearance, the President of Turkmenistan appeared on state television driving a rally car around a flaming gas crater known as "Hell's Gate"

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Ypdg7 TIL Jim Varney studied Shakespeare professionally at the Barter Theater in Virginia before winning a Daytime Emmy Award for Outstanding Performer in a Children's Series for his role as Ernest P. Worrell in Hey Vern, It's Ernest!.
OGxoR TIL Emperor Nero went to Greece to participate in the Olympics. The games were held two years ahead of schedule, and Nero was declared the winner of every event he participated in, including one chariot race in which he fell off his chariot
7r4A7 TIL Robinhood was charged by SEC with misleading retail customers on revenue sources and failing to satisfy best trade execution (not finding customers best price for their trade)
Z89Ev TIL in 2 million years, humanity is predicted to have evolved into multiple different species due to expected isolated populations across space population and the rules of evolutionary radiation
woX61 TIL the car coordinator of Once Upon a Time in Hollywood managed to locate the exact 1959 Ford driven by the Manson Family, but a replica was used instead because the idea of having the real Manson car was considered too creepy.