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TIL from a 2019 article that it was estimated that the world had consumed 1.1-1.5 trillion barrels of oil from the beginning of the industry to 2018.

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Yp0Vd TIL Mini-Me actor Verne Troyer was born into an Amish family. His parents left the faith when he was a few years old because they didn’t agree with some of the beliefs and practices.
a8v0A TIL Rockwall, Texas is named for a wall they unearthed in 1851 but keep it buried because some people think the ~20 square-mile rectangle dike appears artificial.
ADRbn TIL about Grace Hopper (1906-1992). She was rejected by the Navy during WWII due to her age, her weight-to-height ratio and utility as a mathematics professor. Instead she became a programmer of the Harvard Mark I computer, and later popularized the idea of machine-independent programming languages.
OwJY TIL Judge Clarence Thomas once argued that a burning cross should not enjoy First Amendment protection, saying, “There’s no other purpose to the cross, no communication, no particular message. It was intended to cause fear and to terrorize a population.”
wLbeY TIL Human sperm doesn’t wiggle as previously thought, it spins like a “playful otter”