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TIL crude oil comes chiefly from dead microorganisms, not dinosaurs

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NLnJ TIL Hippo milk is pink.
Bgwdk TIL that an image claiming to be of Diwali lights seen from space makes the rounds on social networks every year. The image is in fact many images created by National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to show how population has grown in India from 1992 to 2003.
rRXJ1 TIL Wang Meng was sent to Xinjiang to be "reformed" through labor in 1963 for writing a controversial piece. During this period of hardship he accrued much of the experience that would later become the material for his short stories and novels, and he later became China's Minister of Culture
6ErG7 TIL about the Battle of Cannae, in which the Carthaginian general, Hannibal crushed a Roman Republic army, resulting in an estimated loss of 55,000 - 70,000 men for the Romans, and is considered one of the most significant battles in history.
negvo TIL I suffer from Ice-Pick Headaches which are intense but short duration, typically lasting 5-10 seconds. I was afraid it was an aneurysm rupturing