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TIL The "Gates of Hell" crater pit has been burning for over 50 years despite attempts to extinguish the flames

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5YjXB TIL: Thousands more German troops died in the American Revolutionary War than British soldiers
8aPxa TIL of Andre Geim, the only person to win both a Nobel Prize for graphene, and an Ig Nobel Prize for levitating a frog.
VMPZZ TIL In the United States, some 50% of homes had garbage disposal units as of 2009, compared with only 6% in the United Kingdom and 3% in Canada
gMQp8 TIL in 2009 the Chinese government set up a DNA database, where parents who had a child abducted, and children who suspect they may have been abducted could register their DNA. This has helped solve thousands of cases.
Z810a TIL George R.R. Martin Still Writes Everything Using The MS-DOS Program Wordstar 4.0. It Was Released In 1986.