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TIL that there are 150,000 gas stations in the United States

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kaGW TIL on January 1 2019, works published in 1923 will enter the public domain. These will be the first works to do so since the 1998 copyright extension commonly known as the Mickey Mouse Protection Act.
ObJ1 TIL there is a deaf rapper named ‘Signmark’ who raps using sign language.
VMvxZ TIL that bats have unique smells that can range from corn tortillas to burnt oranges and fungus, usually based on their species, the individual and that their health.
Rnd6 TIL- Quaker Oates and MIT conducted an experiment on unsuspecting, mentally retarded children. They tricked them into eating radioactive cereal by telling them they were in a “science club.”
bpd4 TIL the University of Delaware had a MANDATORY “ideological reeducation program” for dorm students indoctrinate them on approved views on politics, race, sexuality, and more. Students who refused to participate, or to praise the program when it was under investigation were threatened with expulsion.