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

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GApX5 TIL that Hoodoo originated in the American South and was created by enslaved Africans incorporating African spiritual traditions, Christianity and elements of indigenous botanical knowledge.
e0VoE TIL Minnesota keeps the original Confederate flag hidden and refuses to give it up, even when Virginia sued for it
WkNy9 TIL of an elephant sanctuary in Phuket, Thailand that is doing its best to stop the elephant riding tourist trade.
aw4Po TIL The term “walk-off” for a game-winning home run was coined by pitcher Dennis Eckersley and does not refer to the batter walking off the field in triumph, but rather the pitcher walking off the field in shame.
aw4MJ TIL "No Woman, No Cry" was written by Jamaican songwriter Vincent Ford who meant the chorus to mean "No, woman, nuh (=don't) cry" but used the english creole language Jamaican Patois. He was running a soup kitchen and was a friend of Bob Marley, whose royalties kept his soup kitchen running.