Turkmenistan’s Leader Once Drove Doughnuts Around A Flaming Crater Known As The “Gates Of Hell”

This week in 2019, the president of Turkmenistan got the world’s attention with a very unusual drive around a flaming gas crater that's become an attraction for some tourists as well as a big headache for environmental scientists. Plus: this week in 2018, a woman in Oklahoma asked if she could borrow an orange cat so her two kids could have a Garfield lasagna party. And it worked! Turkmenistan's leader does doughnuts next to flaming crater to prove he's not dead (ABC Australia) U.S. in serious talks to close Turkmenistan’s “Gates of Hell” (Mercury News)  This mom needs to borrow an orange cat for the most hilarious reason (USA Today) Keep this show hot as a backer on Patreon