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TIL The Centralia mine fire is a coal seam fire that’s been burning underneath Centralia, PA since at least May 27, 1962; suspected to be from a trash burning that hit a coal strip in a cave. The fire burns at depths of up to 300 ft. over an 8 mile stretch and, as of 2015, continues to burn.

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W1G9 TIL that a New Mexico man tried to kill a mouse that he had caught in a glue trap by burning it alive on a pile of burning leaves. Instead, the fire melted the glue, freeing the flaming mouse which then ran back inside the man’s home and started a fire which burned the house down
MKmK TIL that in 2008 a ship’s anchor accidentally cut two underwater Internet cables - reducing Asia’s internet capacity by 72%.
NEVE TIL in studies where random Monopoly players were given twice the money as their opponents, they began to act rudely towards other players and argued that they used strategy and skill to achieve victory.
eMxn TIL Rick and Morty started as The Adventures of Doc and Mharti, “a pornographic vandalization,” of Back to the Future where “Doc Brown urges Mharti that the solution to all of his problems is to give him oral sex.”
6EN7m TIL, Chernobyl wildlife flourished after the disaster, implying humans are more detrimental than severe radiation.