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TIL as of 2011, the US has been a net exporter of gasoline

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rap4 TIL that there is a rat-infested ghost ship floating somewhere in the Atlantic
wLxgM TIL that after WWII, Col. S. L. A. Marshal published a report that found only 15-20% of soldiers in combat fired to kill during the war, even if their lives were threatened. This prompted the US Army to switch from bulls-eye targets to sillouette targets to desensitize soldiers to killing
M765a TIL that last june,a wels catfish in northern Bavaria was shot dead by police officers, after it bit five people in the Brombachsee.The police claimed killing the fish was necessary as it posed a threat to swimmers in the lake and to the guests of a music festival nearby.
mBwv TIL about the ‘Hooper’s Pass;’ an unwritten gang member code that protected and avoided targeting excellent local HS basketball players
RKoa TIL there’s a village in India that exclusively produces bouncers and bodyguards for New Delhi nightclubs