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TIL that the ‘fuel efficiency’ of walking is roughly equivalent to 360 miles per gallon.

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Xnlj TIL that foundries use dirt floors because molten metal can make concrete explode due to trapped moisture
9bZB TIL of Ken McElroy, the “town bully” of Skidmore, Missouri whose unsolved 1981 murder was witnessed by as many as 46 people
KrL4 TIL even Sylvester Stallone believes “Stop! Or My Mom Will Shoot!” was one of his worst movies ever, calling it “maybe one of the worst films in the entire solar system, including alien productions we’ve never seen”
rR414 TIL after the town of Naco was split in two by border patrol, the residents of Naco, Arizona and Naco, Mexico started an annual tradition of having a volleyball match over the dividing fence
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