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TIL residents of Centralia, PA were forced to leave by an underground fire that has been burning beneath the town for more than 60 years, and now the whole place stands abandoned.

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N71J1 TIL the Mausoleum of Theodoric in Ravenna, Italy, was built in 520 AD with stones sourced from a quarry in Istria, approximately 400 kilometres (249 mi) away by land journey. The mausoleum's roof consists of a single Istrian carved stone 10 metres (33 ft) in diameter weighing 230 tonnes
6EYnW TIL of the unofficial Russian book The Last Ringbearer which describes The Lord of the Rings trilogy from Sauron's point of view and portrays Mordor as the good guys
kkpE TIL Drogba pleaded with combantants in Ivory Coast to lay down their arms, resulting in a cease fire after 5 years civil war, also donating 3 million from his Pepsi signing bonus to build a hospital in his home town
R5484 TIL There were ads in the back of 60's and 70's comic books that allowed kids to order a live monkey through the mail.
8ajYL TIL: In 2003, the Pentagon ran a "terror futures bet exchange" allowing terror experts to bet on future assassinations or terror attacks