› added 6 years ago

215

TIL of an apocalyptic town in Pennsylvania that had to be condemned and evacuated to a near ghost-town because of an underground coal mine fire accidentally lit in 1962. The underground fire still burns to this day, and could burn for another 250 years.

Read more huffingtonpost.com.au

via reddit.com

kOwOW TIL that the New York Times researched and published biographies for every victim of 9/11 they could find.
jNvMM TIL : about Maria Yzabell Angel Palma of The Philippines. In 2016 at 19 yo (grade 10), she developed AirDisc, a COOLing system with no freon gas and consumes ~75% less against the current cooling technology. And she discover this while making an eco friendly OVEN.
8aJaK TIL Getty Images, a company infamous for sending threatening letters requesting payment when their photos are used without permission, was sued for more than $1 billion in damages when they mistakenly demanded a “settlement payment” from a photographer for her own work.
p00e TIL that although Jewish people make up only 0.2% of the world’s population, they have won over 1/5 of the Nobel prizes since it first began.
LMaZ TIL Deep Roy, the one actor who played all the Oompa Loompas in Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, was required to do so many different takes for the film the Screen Actor’s Guild determined each Oompa Loompa was a seperate performance and he was paid $1,000,000 for his work.