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TIL that vegetable oil can be used to power cars with a diesel engine.

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yVvbV Today I learned ... that I'm allergic to polyester and allergy to polyester is common. With respect to polyester - "diverse sources of exposures to chemicals of widely-differing types and structures, continue to induce sensitisation in man and may result in allergic contact dermatitis."
1arDr TIL Olive Oyl was a comic strip character for 10 years before Popeye was created.
ADpNd TIL that an Austrian Diplomat writing an antisemitic book about the evilness of Jews came to a different conclusion before it was published, declaring that "antisemitism amounted to nothing more credible than fanatical religious hatred"
Ne7M TIL There is a small island in the US state of Virginia. Its in inhabitants speak the same language as its settlers in 1686-some linguists consider it the closest surviving accent to Shakespearean English
OoWX7 TIL more than 1700 people are injured at MLB games from balls and bats. A law from 1913 protects teams from any liability as a result of these incidents