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TIL The oil doesn't exist underground in caverns that would otherwise be empty if it wasn't for the oil. Instead of thinking of large empty pockets, think of a wet sponge, where the sponge is rock and it's "wet" with oil.

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ZpLNa TIL a 'wealth psychologist' is a mental health professional who specializes in issues relating specifically to wealthy individuals. They help their ultra-rich clients deal with issues such as: how to deal with guilt they feel about being wealthy or how to raise children who are not spoiled by money.
LkLJr TIL that Britain drained 45 trillion dollars in today's money during their rule in India leaving the country dirt poor. By running what is known as a scam-theft on a grand scale.
kOBke TIL Forty years ago, a prominent designer received a call from an undergrad architecture student who told him that a design flaw in his 59-story Manhattan skyscraper could cause it to collapse during a storm. Initially he scoffed, then disturbingly, figured that she was right...
Oag1 TIL 65 nations refused to participate in the 1980 Summer Olympic Games to protest the 1979 Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Afghanistan wasn’t one of them, sending 11 athletes to compete.
QNE7d TIL Freshwater snails are one of the world's most deadly animals because they transmit the organism that causes schistosomiasis (aka bilharzia), which is, in and of itself, one of the most deadly parasites on the planet! Nearly 230m people were infected in 2014 and there are~200,000 deaths annually.