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TIL most fossil fuels aren't made of dead dinosaurs, but are actually far older than dinosaurs.

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WmjL TIL Warren in Deathproof was right, the color chartreuse was named after the color of the liquor Chartreuse
v1gXr TIL that the Mexican Government Has Seized 599 aircraft — 586 planes and 13 helicopters — From The Sinaloa Cartel Between 2006 and 2015. That's More Planes Than Owned By Mexico's Largest Airline.
EgYN7 TIL Bill Murray was bitten twice by the groundhog while filming Groundhogs day. The doc who treated him declined to give him a rabies shot because he didn’t know if groundhogs were carriers. When Murray asked, “what if i get rabies?” he responded, “then we’ll know [they’re carriers], won’t we.”
Wp7Y TIL you can use food stamps (SNAP benefits) to purchase seeds/plants that will produce food for the household.
mx4GE TIL in 1960, soul singer Jesse Belvin played to Arkansas' first ever racially integrated audience. The performance was interrupted twice by white protesters. After the show, Belvin was killed in a head-on collision. It was discovered that his car tires had been slashed.