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TIL that Los Angeles is actually an active oil pumping field that at its height provided 25% of all the oil in the world. It's still pumping today, they just hide the many derricks in boxes and pretend they aren't really there.

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6EBNZ TIL that despite being one of the larger restaurant chains, Subway locations are closing at an ever-increasing rate
6ErgJ TIL Cryovolcanoes are volcanoes that erupt water, ammonia, or methane. They don't exist on Earth, but they are present on colder planets and moons like Pluto and Ceres.
9wDoM TIL The last universal common ancestor (LUCA) is the hypothesized common ancestral cell from which the three domains of life, the Bacteria, the Archaea, and the Eukarya originated.
KRZJ TIL approximately 62% of Americans have less than $1,000 in their savings accounts and 21% don’t even have a savings account
NXdPM TIL lionesses can receive birth control implants. Zoos do this so the lions can be social in their pride without the risk of cubs.