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TIL there are only 8 active Wienermobiles in the United States and only college seniors who are about to graduate are eligible to become drivers.

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X040E TIL: Electric water heaters have 2 heating elements inside
4X6Lb Around 74,000 years ago, the Toba supervolcano erupted on the Indonesian island of Sumatra. It was the biggest volcanic eruption of the last 2 million years, unleashing 2,800 cubic kilometres of magma. That’s enough to bury the entire United States in a foot-thick layer of ash & rock.
JYaPm TIL all three members of Bee Gees revealed during a copyright trial that they never learned to read or write sheet music despite being among the most prolific songwriters of all time. Instead, they developed a trial-and-error process and relied on their staff to transcribe the results.
695YX TIL that 8 members of the Little Rock Nine - a group of Black students who were prevented by angry mobs from enrolling in a white high school in Little Rock, Arkansas - are still alive.
xVLxk TIL The Outsiders was written by a girl in high school, because she was unsatisfied with the YA books available at the time.