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TIL about Yemen's Well of Barhout, known as the "Well of Hell", which is 100 feet wide and 328-820 feet deep. Foul smells emanate from the well, and folklore says it served as a prison for demons.

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jNJjE TIL that nearly 1/4th of all Caucasian service members of the Union Army were foreign-born, coming from countries such as Germany, Ireland, Scotland, Italy, and Russia among others. 9.7% of the Union Army were African American freedmen from the north, half being ex-slaves.
mxWDx TIL Between 2006 and 2007 Poland’s prime minister and president were identical twin brothers, making them the first brothers in history to hold a country’s prime ministership and presidency at the same time.
PYNDO TIL that born-blind people actually dream of visual content. That's because auditory and tactile inputs can create virtual images in their brain, and that images can be revealed in their dreams.
x5n0 TIL that the longest game of chess, theoretical, is 5949 moves.
GJeG TIL that many countries have built wildlife crossings; structures that allow animals to cross man made barriers. In the US they have been used to protect Mountain Goats in Montana, Spotted Salamanders in Massachusetts, Bighorn Sheep in Colorado, Desert Tortoises, and endangered Florida Panthers