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TIL: The U.S. actually imports more oil from Canada than all of the Middle Eastern countries combined. Canada alone accounts for 40% of all U.S. oil imports

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jN8aa TIL that whenever WWE wrestler Ric Flair wore red, it meant he was going to lose that match.
b9dYE TIL when Michael Bay was 15 George Lucas made him work on the storyboard to Raiders of the Lost Ark and after seeing the movie in theater he decided to become a film director.
OoD9Y TIL as The Simpsons is hand drawn it takes 3 months to complete an episode, but South Park only takes a week as it is computerised.
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