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TIL that Gorda, CA is home to the most consistently expensive gasoline in the entire U.S.

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wLv4M TIL it is thought that the genes for light skin appeared in Anatolia (the westernmost protrusion of Asia) by about 8,500 years ago, & only became widespread in Europe by about 5,000 years ago.
pxdQ TIL: There’s a subway ticket machine in Moscow that accepts 30 squats as payment. Installed ahead of the 2014 Sochi Olympics to “bring sports to the people”.
8yn4 TIL Putting socks on before underpants in the morning reduces chance of jock itch, as it is often caused by transfer of athlete’s foot (tinea).
JQBQ TIL In the days immediately before the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, the US military air-dropped millions of leaflets into 33 different Japanese cities, warning that some or all of these cities would be bombed within the next few days, and instructed them to evacuate immediately.
wLPGo TIL about E.D. Morel, the shipping clerk who revealed Belgium's atrocities in the Congo. He noticed shipments of ammunition going to the Congo, and coming back with ivory and rubber. His superiors offered him a promotion in exchange for his silence. He refused, quit his job, and became a journalist.