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TIL the single largest institutional user of fossil fuels is the US Military.

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Brvgd TIL while dying of stomach cancer and hospitalized in 1989. Osamu Tezuka (creator of Kimba and Astro Boy) was still able to draw tons of sketches with his pens and paper. His last words was "I'm begging you, let me keep working!" as a hospital nurse took away his pens and paper so he could rest.
QNXXe TIL that historically, the method through which tea was delivered from China determined it's name: Tea if by sea, Cha if by land
jNAwN TIL Writer Boris Vian was so upset with the producers that adapted his most famous book on screen he collapsed from cardiac arrest and died while attending the movie premiere, cursing the executives with his last words
VjRQ TIL that in 2007, the First Mount Olive Free Will Baptist Church purchased a $150,000 Bentley, neglected to pay their $12,000 water bill, and defaulted on their $1.5 million mortgage. The church was struck by lightning and the subsequent fire completely destroyed the building.
QNRoM TIL that in 1967 during the Vietnam War, US Gunnery Sergeant Carlos Hathcock strapped a scope to a 50-caliber machine gun, using it like a rifle. He made a number of kills with this weapon in excess of 1,000 yards, including his record for the longest confirmed kill at 2,500 yards.