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TIL that in Venezuela, you can buy 925,000 gallons of premium gasoline for $1.

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J1gbB TIL That nitroglycerin, an explosive compound, can be used to treat anal fissures.
AJaa TIL that one of the earliest stories featuring time travel is from a Japanese legend called Urashima Tarō. It is about a fisherman who stays in an undersea palace for 3 days,only to return home and find out that 300 years has passed.
oB1RL TIL that in 2002, the term for schizophrenia in Japan was changed from "mind-split disease" to "integration disorder" to reduce stigma. In three years, the percentage of people who were informed of the diagnosis of schizophrenia rose from 37 to 70%. A similar change was made in South Korea.
XEm0D TIL Washington state will be the first state to allow human composting as a form of burial on May 1, 2020.
XyX TIL the top floor of the Supreme Court building houses a gym, including a basketball court dubbed “the highest court in the land.”