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TIL Oil consumption is now below 1995 levels and the US is moving away from oil

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vnBr TIL actor Danny Trejo does not do his own stunts because he says “I don’t want to risk 80 people’s jobs just so I can say I have big nuts.”
KOMB6 TIL that the braille on all drive-thru atms is for visually impaired people to use when riding as a rear passenger in a vehicle. Braille on atms is federally mandated, and helps maintain financial privacy by allowing blind individuals to bank without having to disclose their pin to a driver.
vPPRR TIL that Tony Iommi guitarist for Black Sabbath used melted down plastic liquid soap bottles to create prosthetic fingertips after two of them got chopped off while he was working in a factory.
b6Jw9 TIL that when DiCaprio told Cameron "Oh, I don't read" for parts regarding the role of Jack in Titanic, the director shook his hand and said "Well, thanks for coming by." After realizing that he had to audition if he wanted the part, he reluctantly agreed to do so with immediate success. 3:03
v1YDj TIL of "Newton's flaming laser sword, a philosophical razor which states that "what cannot be settled by experiment is not worth debating." It was supposedly named this because it not only "undoubtedly cuts out the crap, [but] also seems to cut out almost everything else as well."