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TIL the “Door to Hell” in Turkmenistan is a natural gas field that collapsed into an underground cavern in 1971, becoming a natural gas crater. Wanting to prevent spread of methane gas, Geologists set it on fire expecting it to burn out in a few weeks- It has instead continued to burn for >4 decades

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nWnKo TIL the term “gaslighting” originates in a British play-turned film from the 1930s. The play was called “Gas Light” and the plot is about a husband who mentally and emotionally manipulates his wife into believing she is crazy by changing the intensity of the gas lamps within their home.
r84w TIL after a waitress at a pizzeria helped a customer choose the numbers for a winning lottery ticket in 1984, he ‘tipped’ her $3,000,000 - half of his $6,000,000 prize money.
lP0G TIL That there is no “Unknown Soldier” from The Vietnam War at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington Cemetery. The man who was interred there from 1974 to 1998 was identified as Lt. Michael Blassie with DNA testing. He was removed, and now the crypt is empty.
yk4l TIL there are a series of tiny “fairy doors” built into dozens of buildings in Ann Arbor, MI, and now have a cult following in the area
4row TIL Keanu Reeves was so good at being a hockey goalkeeper he was nicknamed ‘The Wall’. He dreamed of playing hockey for Canada but an injury ended his hopes for a career in the sport.