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TIL California still has a large oil industry right in major cities like LA, but disguises the sites to look like office buildings.

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Br9Er TIL the oldest known zoo dating back to 3500BC was discovered in 2009 at the egyptian city of Nekhen(Hierakonpolis,city of hawks). Collections included hartebeasts, elephants,and leopards.
E4jX TIL the wage gap has been largely debunked and is actually a misrepresentation, encompassing “all full time women” and “all full time men” without adjusting for basic things like their education, how many hours they work, or even what job they occupy.
VBMk4 TIL that during the French Revolution, Adrienne de La Fayette, the wife of Marquis de La Fayette, was imprisoned. However, before her planned execution, Elizabeth Monroe, the wife of Future President James Monroe, intervened. Not wanting to cut ties with James Monroe, France did not execute her.
kQ91 TIL that almost 50% of Niger’s population is 15 years old or younger, and 8% of its population (800,000) lives in slavery.
7rYd7 TIL That George R. R. Martin uses a computer with DOS and WordStar (a wordprocessor from the 80s) to write his Games of Thrones serie