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TIL about the ‘Door to Hell’—a fiery crater in Turkmenistan that’s been burning for over 50 years.

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R5mbl TIL that in 2015 the son of the creator of Barney was charged with shooting his neighbor in the chest after accusing him of trespassing.
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KYrl6 TIL that Hooverball was a sport invented to keep President Herbert Hoover physically fit. It used a six-pound medicine ball and combined the mechanics of tennis and volleyball.
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