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TIL that there is 10 gallons of oil in every tire & roughly 2% of the United State’s annual oil consumption is discarded tires.

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nrbY TIL Juggalos are classified as a criminal street gang by the FBI
JdJ4 TIL that President Lyndon B. Johnson used to troll guests in his car by driving into a lake whilst pretending that the brakes were failing – the car was, secretly, an amphibious vehicle.
4NJa TIL there was man sentenced to death by a firing squad, he was shot 9 times and a 10th point blank in the face to ensure death. He somehow didnt die, laid still for hours pretending to be dead and when the squad left, he escaped.
VMLZk TIL Philadelphia Police bombed a residential neighborhood from a helicopter in May 1985
xVQ9D TIL the sixth child of ancient roman families were often named Sextus, a praenomen (or in this case, name) meaning "sixth" in Latin