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Ojl4 TIL a company will fake your job references, or even your former company
6p4w TIl that due to the Earth rotational bulge, the highest point on Earth is not Mt. Everest, but Chimborazo, Ecuador
oRAr TIL the United States accounts for 44% of the world’s gasoline consumption.
x6pGo TIL Peru has a specially built prison to house former presidents. The prison has a capacity for 2 at any one time and has housed 4 former presidents. ‘cells’ have modern amenities including a small outdoor terrace and kitchen.
8AZK TIL it’s illegal to run out of fuel on the autobahn due to it being viewed as an avoidable occurrence.