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TIL Oil is cheaper than water in Venezuela.

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jy5N TIL Firestone funded warlord Charles Taylor in Liberia in order to have access to their rubber plantation. Taylor considered Firestone their most significant source of funds for the war.
QkA9 TIL that when a cat died in Ancient Egypt, their human family would go into a deep mourning and shave their eyebrows.
woMvP TIL Before his ascension to the papacy, the future Pope John Paul I published a book of letters written to various historical figures and fictional characters such as Charles Dickens, King David, and Pinocchio.
9D6X TIL That a Jehovah’s Witness Bethel Elder who was a minister at their world headquarters, was arrested for trying to solicit young boys for sex and evidence found linking the elder to an international child porn ring.
KODQ9 TIL The inventor of the Game Boy, Gunpei Yokoi, was originally Nintendo’s janitor. The President of the company happened to walk by and was impressed by a toy he created out of boredom, leading to an illustrious career.