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TIL that Exxon used to be known as Esso, a phonetic spelling of "S.O." for Standard Oil after it was forced to break up into 34 smaller companies. It is still widely known as Esso outside the US.

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a8kO0 TIl-Terry Fox, A 21 Year Old Canadian Who Lost A Leg To Cancer, Began A Cross-Canada Run To Raise Money For Cancer Research. He Ran The Equivalent Of A Full Marathon A Day. He Made It 143 Days And 5,373 Km Before The Spread Of His Cancer Forced Him To Quit. He Died June 1981
96PB TIL that people back before the 1800’s used to sleep twice during the night.
VLg0 TIL Goldman Sachs made big money helping to falsify Greece’s EU application, hiding massive amounts of debt. They then used that inside information to bet AGAINST Greek bonds, and made a killing.
78pvr TIL that a typical fire extinguisher only lasts seconds while continuously being sprayed. A 20 pound extinguisher can only be sprayed for 25 seconds.
GYob1 TIL That Our Average Normal Temperature May No Longer Be 98.6 Degrees Fahrenheit