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TIL about Eternal Flame Falls in New York, a waterfall where natural gas leaks and ignites, creating a flame in the waterfall's base.

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V4w0 TIL: Linje Akvavit, a flavored liquor from Norway, is shipped from Norway to Australia and back before being bottled. The sloshing and temperature changes the liquor experiences on the ship imparts certain flavors to the beverage. Akvavit is traditionally served as a holiday drink.
69Ejl TIL the Big Mac was created to compete with the Big Boy. Its two prior names before its current name was created by a 21-year-old advertising secretary, Esther Glickstein Rose. First was the Aristocrat, dropped as it was hard to pronounce, then the Blue Ribbon Burger. McDonald's settled on Big Mac.
78ZNM TIL the association between the Mohawk hairstyle and the Mohawk nation comes from a 1939 Hollywood movie.
R5dK6 TIL the oldest running automobile, built in 1884, was sold in 2011 for $4.6 million.
d8Er8 TIL That Jupiter is so massive that it orbits an empty point in space above the surface of the Sun (and so does the Sun)