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TIL of the Eternal Flame Falls, in Chestnut Ridge, NY. A naturally occurring gas seep feeds a flame in the heart of the waterfall

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a8Vd9 TIL about the Baltic Way: the longest human chain in history. It connected three capitals and represented unity and freedom.
WEN4 TIL Pubic lice are disappearing because of bikini waxes
x4Z7 TIL the first man made aircraft to successfully land on another planet and send back data was the Soviet Venera 7 in 1970. After landing on Venus, the craft sent back only 23 minutes of weak data, presumably because it landed on its side.
b9aRZ TIL that Jesse Owens "Day of Days" in 1935 saw him set four world records in 45 mins in athletics
R7we7 TIL that in the The Dark Knight Bruce Wayne drives a Lamborghini Murciélago (Spanish for "Bat"). However, Lamborghinis are commonly named after fighting bulls, so Batman drives a car named after a bull named Bat.