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TIL Oil is cheaper than water in Venezuela.

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gMdyW TIL from the ages of 1 to 44 you are most likely to die from an accident. From the age of 45 on, you are most likely to die from cancer or heart disease. (Under 1, you are most likely to die from a birth defect)
rRYB4 TIL Oprah Winfrey owns a private road across Maui which cuts out hours of driving time. No one else is allowed to use the road.
bV40 TIL that Boeing plane models are always 7X7 not because of the Lucky number 7 but because the 700 division was in charge of transport aircraft after WWII. They started with 707 and kept the pattern from there.
E1l8X TIL that the Germans used Pervitin (now known as crystal meth) to keept their soldiers fighting almost constantly in WW2.
gM91A TIL in 2010 famous comedy venue The Laugh Factory hired an in-house psychologist for the club's comedians who has maintained an office upstairs ever since. This was partly in response to many recent comedian suicides.