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TIL that in 1930, the Soviet Union built a plant to make polybutadiene, a synthetic rubber used for tires, out of ethanol from potatoes

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0dNW5 TIL national survey fielded online by Harris Interactive in June 2012 among over 2,000 U.S. adults ages 18 and older found that more than 40% of Americans fight about loading the dishwasher.
8AeV TIL the government funded an experiment to determine wether or not dolphins could speak. This later escalated to the female researcher giving the dolphin handjobs and then later taking LSD with the dolphin.
rNJVd TIL it is legal to drive a motorcycle between moving cars ("lane splitting") in California
GYnpj TIL that Foo Fighters' front man Dave Grohl is such a huge fan of UK rock band Killing Joke, he did all of the drumming on their self-titled 2003 album free of charge.
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