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TIL that there is a coal fire believed to have been burning for 6,000 yrs

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VMwvm TIL the richest preacher in the world is David Oyedepo of Nigeria, with a net worth of $150 Million. The 63-year old pastor owns 2 private jets, a $10 million house, and controls churches in 45 African nations.
kRW4 TIL The original inventor of LEGO used to “spend the whole of every Wednesday in a different nursery school, sitting on the floor and playing with the children, to find out exactly what type of toys would be of the greatest interest to them.”
dDQ8 TIL Ziggy Marley sang the theme song for the kids show “Arthur”
dDKbK TIL that the Curiosity rover, currently on Mars, is 10 feet long and 7 feet tall, "about the size of a small SUV."
16RyV TIL about Irving Thalberg, known as the Boy Wonder his films were the first to carve out an international market and set the path for making Hollywood the center of the largest movie industry in the world. He achieved all this before his death at 37.