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TIL that the price of Gasoline in the US is half of the average price in the EU

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m1r8y TIL that there is a 295-foot-long tapestry retelling the events of Game of Thrones
QJBe9 TIL that there’s a “Penis Shrine” in Thailand where phallic sculptures are used as offerings to a female fertility spirit.
kjjm TIL in 2012 Japanese mathematician Shinichi Mochizuki presented a proof for the “abc conjucture” - one of the most important, unsolved problems in math. However the proof is so difficult and abstract, that not even his peers get the gist of it. To this day it is still unconfirmed.
M7QMb TIL the oldest known Earth rock was not discovered on Earth, but was a meteorite found on the moon
lRgA TIL that George Lazenby wasn’t an actual actor. He got himself a suit, a rolex and a new haircut, then met with the producer and made up movies he had been in. He later landed the role of James Bond.