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TIL The average cost per barrel of oil in the 727 million barrel Strategic Reserve is $29.70

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ermg TIL David Tran, creator of Sriracha hot sauce, refuses to copyright the name of his product, and loves the popularity of his creation so much, he maintains a daily ritual of searching the Internet for the latest Sriracha spinoff.
oBjXE TIL taxi drivers in Cuba make 40 times more than doctors do
aXGL TIL Charlize Theron’s mother killed her alcoholic father when she was 15, after he threatened to attack them. It was ruled self-defense and no charges were faced.
KOxy9 TIL you are about 20 times more likely to be intentionally murdered in the USA than in Japan, while someone in El Salvador is even 10 times likelier to be murdered than their American counterpart.
nepAo TIL Mohandas Gandhi is one of the strongest symbols of non-violence in the 20th century. It is widely held – in retrospect – that the Indian national leader should have been the very man to be selected for the Nobel Peace Prize. He was nominated several times, but was never awarded the prize.