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TIL the 3rd largest oilfield in the USA is located in Los Angeles.

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AmPa TIL that when Tesla moved to Colorado to work on artificial lightning, thunder from one experiment was heard 15 miles away, people saw sparks jumping from their feet to the ground, butterflies were swirling in circles with blue halos around their wings and the whole town was left in the dark.
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