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TIL: Hexane, made from crude oil, is used to extract oil from vegetables.

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gED8 TIL On 9/11, when all transport out of the city was shut down, citizen boat owners managed to transport over 500k people from Manhattan Island in an amazing act known as the “9/11 Boatlift”
LQAK0 TIL that the Quileute werewolf group in 'Twilight ' are a real tribe that live near the filming, Forks, Washington. However, the Quileute tribal members expressed dislike towards to the way that their culture was being represented, as they did not have any myths concerning werewolves.
WkEGL TIL Stephen King suffers from triskaidekaphobia which is the fear of the number 13. People that have this phobia avoid the number 13 in everyday scenarios like climbing stairs, flipping through channels and page numbers. King has stated, "It’s neurotic, sure. But it’s also . . . safer".
rN0Ke TIL, There is something called medical inflation and there is serious correlation between insurance prices and medical inflation.
WkyY9 TIL of Frank Gusenberg, he died of 14 gunshot wounds a few hours after he was shot during the St. Valentine's Day Massacre. When asked who shot him, he replied " No one...nobody shot me." His last words were "I ain't no copper."