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TIL that there's an underground coal fire in Australia that's been continuously burning for ~6000 years.

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Ypw57 TIL baby houses were a precursor to the modern dollhouse. They were popular in the 18th century and were an exact replica of the owner's house. They were intended to be a miniature display of the owner's wealth and were not played with.
R7164 TIL that Japan's Air Force dropped massive amounts of ceramic bombs filled with bubonic plague-infested fleas in Ningbo, China during WW2
rZBe TIL Sewol Ferry started sinking in South Korea in 2014, the captain told the passengers, mostly secondary school students, to not move and just stay put. 304 passengers and crew members died in the disaster
Brkxd TIL we only know about MKUltra because while the CIA was trying to destroy all the files on it due to paranoia around Watergate, some of them were sent to the wrong office and not destroyed
lKrr TIL that “a nickname” was originally “an ekename”, literally meaning “additional name”. Over the years, the word was misdivided into “a nickname”.