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

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BRAx TIL a couple took in their orphaned neighbors, had their home rebuilt by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition, and then kicked the orphaned children out.
aGP9 TIL of Harry Thaw who killed architect Stanford White and was acquitted based on the defense of “dementia Americana,” a phenomenon that caused American men to become temporarily insane and seek revenge against those who had tainted their wives’ virtue. Thaw had married White’s former mistress.
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