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TIL there is an underground coal fire in Australia that has been burning for approximately 6000 years

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0dv55 TIL in a 1977 Speech in Warsaw, U.S. President Jimmy Carter's translator mistranslated several remarks, stating that President Carter had abandonded the U.S never to return, and that he wished to get to know the Polish people 'carnally'.
E1YWx TIL In 2000, when several planets happened to be close to one another, astrologers predicted that there would be catastrophes, volcanic eruptions and tidal waves. This caused an entire sea-side village to panic and abandon their houses. Nothing predicted happened and their houses were burgled
BrMwr TIL the "Be Prepared" scene featured in The Lion King was based off the 1935 Nazi propaganda film "Triumph of the Will"
0wVA TIL that all the meat in a Subway cold cut combo is actually turkey…
ME9K TIL in the late 19th Century, a woman named Nellie Bly became an investigative journalist, had herself committed to expose poor conditions at mental institutions, traveled the world in under 80 days, married a millionaire, and became an industrialist.