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TIL that in Cambodia and many other southeastern Asian countries gasoline is sold in 2 liter coke bottles and liquor bottles by small street-side vendors.

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WERX TIL there’s an “endless wave” in the Amazon that can be surfed for ten kilometers or more.
VBLnZ TIL that Laura Dern and Diane Ladd, daughter and mother in real life, were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Actress and Best Supporting Actress for the film Rambling Rose, making them the first mother-daughter duo to be nominated for Academy Awards for the same film or in the same year.
6Eb68 TIL the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles were revealed as specimens of the popular turtle pet species Red-eared Slider, leading to people keeping them as pets in Great Britain and causing ecological damage due to deliberate/accidental release. The turtle is listed on the IUCN's top 100 invasive species.
AbOn TIL that we haven’t evolved quickly enough to adapt to society’s overwhelming stimuli otherwise known as supernormal stimuli
RAK9 TIL that Ireland is the only country to ‘express disapproval’ at ISO standard 3103 (how to make tea) which states that the milk should go in first