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TIL Oil is cheaper than water in Venezuela.

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XDZX TIL that strongest predictor of the obesity rise in the US is the decline in cigarette smoking (when considering between employment, physical activity at work, food prices, the prevalence of restaurants, cigarette smoking, cigarette prices and taxes, food stamp receipt, and urbanization.)
ADMEl TIL Levi Strauss has a pair of jeans from 1879 in their archive, the oldest surviving pair in existence
OGPW7 TIL the once-tasty "red delicious" type of apple is now recognized as having declined sharply in quality. Supermarkets wanted to apple to last longer, but the best tasting juicy apples often go bad more quickly. Selective breeding practices changed the red delicious into a more solid & shiny apple.
wLmYY TIL The international parking sign was first designed for the 1928 Summer Olympics in Amsterdam
nW8kd TIL That Crows Can Count Aloud Much Like Toddlers.