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

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X0PG8 TIL Cockroach milk is three times more nutritious than cow's milk
QNd1e TIL that Cora Agnes Benneson, one of the first female lawyers in New England, was rejected by Harvard Law School because "the equipments were too limited to make suitable provision for receiving women".
D1m0v TIL some people sneeze when they think dirty thoughts
xVMYk TIL During the NYC blackout of 1977, the crew filming “Superman” outside the old Daily News building on 42nd Street lent their klieg lights to the editors so they could see the newspaper pages they were laying out.
nnv9 TIL Corgi’s are (still used in some parts of the USA) used to herd cattle as they are too short to be kicked by cows.