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TIL about 'Zombie Fires', which burn underground over an entire winter, then can re-ignite on the surface in spring

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VMlA0 TIL John D. Rockefeller, although he was the richest man in the world, occasionally served as janitor at his church
04Ry TIL that in New Zealand, names for children must be approved by the government before being legally registered. Despite this, names such as “Number 16 Bus Shelter”, “Talula Does The Hula From Hawaii” and “Violence” have been approved while “Yeah Detroit” and “Sex Fruit” have been rejected.
VMA6Q TIL, due to it's remoteness Supai, Arizona is the last remaining town to receive mail delivered by mule.
Y7xV7 TIL The first mention in Western medical literature of magic mushrooms was from 1799 when a man picked mushrooms off London’s Green Park for breakfast. After stewing them for his children, his son had “fits of immoderate laughter” and daughter got vertigo
xVM8g TIL the U.S. government saved every public tweet from 2006 through 2017 Starting in 2018, the Library of Congress decided to only keep tweets on “a very selective basis,” including elections and those dealing with something of national interest, like public policy.