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TIL That the biggest oil spill in US history was the Lakeview Gusher.....Lasted 18 months and spilled 9 million barrels of oil.

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9Vdm TIL Stephen Fry claims to know the true reason for Douglas Adams choosing 42 as the answer to life, the universe, and everything. Saying it’s “fascinating, extraordinary and, when you think hard about it, completely obvious.” Alas, he also says he’ll take the true meaning to his grave.
6EO9X TIL: Vincent Price, the legendary Hollywood film icon, and his wife Mary, were such food connoisseurs, that in 1965 they co-wrote a best selling cookbook titled "A Treasury Of Great Recipes". His daughter Victoria stated, "He had an omnivorous appetite for life and for food."
Bg6ZL TIL during the Cultural Revolution in China a system of schools for government officials called May Seventh Cadre Schools were established to combat bureaucratism. Officials were required to perform hard manual labor and learn communist doctrine for six months to two years before returning to work.
drZK TIL that Thomas Jefferson was the most multilingual President of the US. In addition to English, he was fluent in Greek, Latin, French, Italian and Spanish. There is also evidence he studied Arabic, Gaelic and Welsh.
7rKpZ TIL: Relatives of a deceased male can ask for Posthumous sperm retrieval. This involves electrocuting the prostate to retrieve sperm.