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

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5VKpn TIL India's total casualties in WWII are larger than the UK's and USA's combined.
5MmP TIL I learned a 17yo killed 4 people and injured 11 while drunk driving. The judge didn’t send him to jail because he “was unable to understand the consequences of his actions because of his financial privilege”
Oo9N6 TIL the last song on the US version of Ok Go's sophomore album is a track titled "9027 km" which consists of a 35-minute recording of frontman Damian Kulash's sleeping girlfriend. It was put on the album to pad out the cd and prevent the label from adding extra DRM software.
6EAXX TIL that archers would poop in their designated place in the battlefield and then stick the arrows in the poop to spread infection through not fatal wounds
grR4D TIL that MLB professional baseballs are rubbed in special mud for games