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TIL that Veryovkina Cave is the deepest-known cave on Earth at 2,223 meters (7,257 ft). Since 1982, the "Perovo-speleo" team has explored its depths. In 2021, they discovered a tourist's body at -1100 meters, adding a tragic twist to their efforts.

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dDwd8 TIL About Hart Island. Located in Long Island Sound the island has seen many uses including as a POW camp, as an anti-aircraft missile battery site and a drug rehab facility. However it's primary fame is as NYC's Potter's Field with an estimated one million burials having taken place there.
4Xvm6 TIL that Physicist Ted Taylor was the first person to light a cigarette using a nuclear bomb. During a bomb test in 1952, he used a parabolic mirror to concentrate the light of the blast enough to heat a cigarette suspended from a tiny wire.
x6apB TIL Sir Peter Jackson owns a version of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang used in the film and the car is fully driveable.
loaW5 TIL The repeal of Prohibition helped the Democrats and FDR win the election. Not only that, the Democrats (known as the "wet party") made enormous gains in both houses of Congress, which passed the 21st Amendment to repeal Prohibition even before FDR officially took office.
OGa0g TIL there is a type of hungarian food called 'Hitlerszalonna' ... is it Kosher tho?