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oceanduciel t1_jd67ndm wrote
Reply to comment by Vex_Appeal in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
I’m not an engineer or scientist so I can’t say whether that would work or not.
oceanduciel t1_jd65ox2 wrote
Reply to comment by T_Noctambulist in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Fair enough but hot springs, snowy mountains and volcanoes can be found almost anywhere.
oceanduciel t1_jd64uai wrote
Reply to comment by Saltmetoast in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Didn’t know the first part but snakes aren’t exclusive to desert climates.
oceanduciel t1_jd5vlun wrote
Reply to comment by Rich-Juice2517 in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Just for that level of dryness to be present in that region. Since it’s a temperate rainforest and everything.
oceanduciel t1_jd5symz wrote
Reply to comment by Vex_Appeal in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
Because it’ll turn into steam?
oceanduciel t1_jd5sjrm wrote
Reply to comment by valkyrjuk in TIL A coal seam in Australia is believed to have been burning for 6,000 years, making it the oldest coal fire. The site's name is Mount Wingen but is commonly called Burning Mountain and the fire is traveling south 1m per year discoloring the ground as it goes. by jamescookenotthatone
In the Pacific Northwest?
oceanduciel t1_ja9vn44 wrote
Reply to comment by master_a_skywalker69 in TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
If there’s a pit of water under that mountain I’ll laugh so hard
oceanduciel t1_ja9vb7g wrote
Reply to TIL In Approximately 241,000 years, Nanga Parbat #9 tallest mountain in the world located in Pakistan will overtake Everest and will become the tallest mountain in the world. by AdClemson
Nanda Parbat is a real place oAo
oceanduciel t1_j8ejrv7 wrote
Reply to TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago. by SuperMcG
Suddenly orca and hippos have a lot more in common.
oceanduciel t1_j8ejla2 wrote
Reply to comment by RonSwansonsOldMan in TIL the closest whale relative that is not a marine mammal is the hippopotamus after the species diverged 54 million years ago. by SuperMcG
Ron Swanson would be disappointed in your denial of reality.
oceanduciel t1_j5cmbvn wrote
Reply to TIL The writer for "Die Hard with a Vengeance" was investigated by the FBI after they revealed that his story's plan of robbing the Federal Reserve through a breached subway wall would have worked by fortifier22
Seriously? Couldn’t they find something better to do? Like, actually making sure victims of various crimes get justice instead. Since the cops are so fucking useless.
oceanduciel t1_j58io7z wrote
Cool.
oceanduciel t1_j4knm0r wrote
Reply to TIL that when Weird Al wrote I Want A New Duck in 1985, he went to the library and researched ducks for a week by ElderCunningham
That’s the 1985 version of falling down a Wikipedia rabbit hole
oceanduciel t1_je3dio1 wrote
Reply to TIL about the Forty Elephants or Forty Thieves, an all women crime syndicate in London in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries that specialized in shoplifting and pretending to be maids and robbing the wealthy families who hired them. by Professor_Hillbilly
Good for them