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TIL there are 45 different types of gas produced in the USA significantly reducing efficiency and raising the price at the pump.

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aw1DN TIL about Edward Carter, among the first and only black MOH winners, who got it 50+ years after action, and 30+ after his death.
E1gWo TIL that Nikita Khrushchev delivered a "secret speech" denouncing Stalin in 1956 which was so shocking that it caused heart attacks for some in attendance and others to commit suicide afterwards.
J1bl TIL that Ian Fleming, the original author of the James Bond series, also wrote the famous children’s book “Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang”
pY74e TIL House cats are more closely related to Walruses than Aardvarks are to any other animal alive on the Earth today
7r5wr TIL the small town of Rangely, Colorado is home to a disused water tank that was repurposed into a concert and recording venue due to its internal resonance of up to 40 seconds.