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TIL that a US Vice-President wrote a pop song

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QJlYL TIL the "50 years of oil and gas supply" remaining for global reserves is the same time estimation as 30 years ago, 20 years ago, and 10 years ago. The amount available to extract steadily increases with efficiency and technology and has done so at roughly the pace of extraction for decades.
nePBo TIL that there is a world record for weirdest diet, the diet included 18 bicycles and a few TV sets
yk9e TIL a Hong Kong billionaire has offered $65m to any man able to woo and marry his lesbian daughter.
vNpj TIL the U.S. Senate used the same gavel for 165 years, from its inception until 1954 when Richard Nixon broke it.
p8Z6N TIL Aztecs saw giving birth as a battle, and women who died during childbirth were believed to go to the same heaven as fallen warriors.