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TIL: the actor that played the mailman in Cheers is 4th in all time box office returns amongst actors

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XE7w8 TIL there is a hotel called the Greenbrier in West Virginia. A bunker was built under the hotel in the late 50s to house Congress in the event of a nuclear war. It was outted by the Washington Post and subsequently closed. It's now open for tours.
WkJoN TIL of the Peshtigo Fire a forest fire so hot it spawned fire tornadoes (fire whirls), and people that jumped in wells to escape the blaze were boiled alive.
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