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TIL Venezuela sells gas for about 4 cents per gallon

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vyrL TIL that Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) was the only senator to vote against the Patriot Act when it was introduced in 2001
R7W57 TIL that on passenger trains in many parts of the world, including many developed countries, the use of a "drop chute" or "hopper" toilet is still common, in which the waste is dropped directly onto or near the track. Signs warn: "DO NOT USE the toilet while the train is stopped at the station".
K4kR TIL of the HMS Black Joke, which was previously a Brazilian slave ship called the Henriquetta. It was captured by the Royal Navy and repurposed to chase down slave ships, ultimately freeing hundreds of slaves during her five-year career.
8eeDa TIL Nobel winner James Watson wrote "The Double Helix" in a fiction like style to attract young people in science. He originally wanted to title his memoir "Honest Jim", and then "Base Pairs", but his co-discoverer Francis Crick had issues with it
nWvOY TIL that there are digital high security combination locks that can detect robotic dialing, and can even support two-person locking with one physical dial