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TIL Survivors of Australia’s infamous “Ash Wednesday” bushfires reported houses exploding before the fire could touch them due to the air pressure change, steaks found cooked well-done in deep freezers, a car moved 90m from the cyclonic fire storm and sand turned to glass.

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9aG TIL Richard Nixon is suspected of sabotaging the Paris Peace Accords, extending the Vietnam War by five years to ensure his own election.
7Ne7 TIL Liverpool is the first city to open a fast-walking lane in response to residents complaining about chatters, pavement hoggers, and phone-watchers in the shopping area of St John Street
K5vR TIL there’s a Post Office at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It serves the Havasupai Reservation and the town of Supai, and post arrives via mule on a 2 ½ hour journey each day.
KY6yE TIL that Micky Dolenz of The Monkees was the owner of the third Moog synthesizer ever commercially available, and used it to perform "Daily Nightly" in the first use of a synthesizer in a rock recording.
x60mo TIL: For All Moonkind is a nonprofit working with the UN to preserve human heritage in space to protect damage to historical sites by tourists or errant explorers. It consists of Space Lawyers, policymakers, and space archeologists. It receives bipartisan support in the US.