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TIL Diesel cars can run on Jet Fuel (Kerosene)

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M7xv0 TIL Thomas Jefferson paid journalists to report that John Adams was a hermaphrodite as part of a smear campaign
VkJZ TIL Brazil has more Lebanese people than Lebanon.
e0xmJ TIL of Here Come the Mummies, a funk band consisting of 12 members, who are rumoured to have several Grammy awards among the members, however this is difficult to prove, as all the members wear full mummy costumes when performing.
P1geG TIL Los Alamos, New Mexico has the highest concentration of millionaires in the U.S. 12.4% of households have assests greater than $1 million
R75o7 TIL the tendency of people to focus on bad events and memories more than good ones (even when there is more good than bad) is because it could have an evolutionary basis related to survival, where attention is higher on possible bad outcomes than the good