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TIL that the USSR successfully used a 30 kilotons nuclear bomb to put out a burning gas well in Uzbekistan in 1966

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Olda TIL Central Park’s rivers and streams are entirely artificial and can be turned on and off.
wLlZ7 TIL Darwin's Beetle (Chiasognathus grantii) have giant mandibles (more than 1/2 their body length) they use to battle males as they climb trees where females are found for a chance to mate. The mandibles can hook rivals under the wings to throw them off the tree, as well as the female after mating.
ADA0B TIL of "The Game of the Century" where 13 year old Bobby Fischer went up against previous US Open Champion and ended up winning by sacrificing his queen
4kek6 TIL about the Deaflympics, a periodic series of multi-sport events sanctioned by the International Olympic Committee at which deaf athletes compete at an elite level. The games have been organized by the International Committee of Sports for the Deaf since 1924
oRem8 TIL that a 10hour movie called "Paint Drying" was released in 2016 for the sole purpose of annoying the British Board of Film Classification.