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TIL there are 500 calories in a single fluid ounce of gasoline

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EKBV TIL that “The Effects of Peanut Butter on the Rotation of the Earth”, a study co-authored by hundreds of physicists, is only one sentence long: “So far as we can determine, peanut butter has no effect on the rotation of the earth.”
N4EE TIL Jesse Owens, 4 time Gold Medalist at the 1936 Berlin Olympics was not invited to the White House by FDR after winning them. He said this about not being invited, “Hitler didn’t snub me – it was FDR who snubbed me. The president didn’t even send me a telegram.”
oBBB7 TIL Van Halen put absurd requests like No Brown M&Ms into their contract to check to see if the venue actually read their tech & safety requirements thoroughly
LVRQ TIL Since 1985 the number of people on welfare has fallen from 4 million to 2 million but the number of people receiving federal disability has risen from 2 million to 7 million
oRdY TIL the first documented occurrence of the high five wasn’t until 1977