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TIL that Bruce Lee was the 1958 Hong Kong Cha-Cha Champion

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79rL TIL that the 2015 price of gasoline in Venezuela was 1/5th of $.01, or 482 gallons with just one dollar.
R76K7 TIL the actress who played 'Snoop' from The Wire (Felicia 'Snoop' Pearson) was convicted of second-degree murder at 16 years old. She was later convicted of conspiracy to distribute heroin 3 years after The Wire ended. The character was named after her, and even shares her nickname.
pYNyA TIL that Carmel, Indiana has the most roundabouts (defined as roundabout per intersection) in the world.
R79X4 TIL a mob member hired an architect to design his house, then murdered the architect when the architect asked for a bill
mxG8p TIL The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake slightly altered the Earth's rotation, shortening the length of a day by 2.68 microseconds. It also caused the Earth to minutely "wobble" on its axis by up to 25 mm in the direction of 145° east longitude.