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TIL that USSR detonated a Nuclear Bomb to extinguish a gas fire (255 Urta-Bulak)

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BrGnb TIL that the longest stretch of highway in the United States without a gas station is I-70 in Utah. There are no services, no exits, no towns and no legal way to turn around for 106 miles between Green River and Salina
y068 TIL that when the Dutch found the Dodo Birds, they named them “Dodaersen”, which translates to “Fat asses”.
4e0R TIL that Su Hui, a fourth century Chinese poet, wrote a poem in the form of a twenty-nine by twenty-nine character grid. Each line can be read forward or backwards, horizontally, vertically, or diagonally. This arrangement allows for 2,848 different readings.
gM4Zy TIL the deep-voiced man that sang the original "You're a mean one, Mr. Grinch" also voiced Tony the Tiger.
P15Gg TIL Tina Turner’s Nutbush City Limits is so popular in Australia that it is referred to as an unofficial national anthem. Children learn the line dance at school, it’s a wedding playlist + wedding dance non-negotiable and thousands dance the line dance at Outback music festivals.