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TIL there is a US company, producing renewable oils on industrial scale, by fermenting algae.

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NXJre TIL the farthest point inland in North America is on the Pine Ridge Reservation in South Dakota, about 80 miles southeast of Rapid City. This point is over 1000 miles from the nearest ocean.
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W7yN9 TIL that almost 100,000 Vietnamese "volunteers" served on the western front during WW1
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