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TIL that Chevron created Saudi Aramco.

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vPYm8 TIL that the first use of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American literature was in the 1823 book "Seventy-Six" by John Neal about the American Revolutionary War. Seventy-Six was criticized at the time for its use of profanity and was noted for its use of colloquialisms.
wLM8o TIL the reason there are no green mammals --- mammals are hairy, and mammalian hair has only two kinds of pigment: one that produces black or brown hair and one that produces yellow or reddish-orange hair.
P0kL TIL that gay and bisexual men are only 2% of the U.S. population, but account for 63% of new HIV infections
W7pl4 TIL that one group (only 12% of the US population) is devouring as much as half of America's beef.
RLA4 TIL Cambridge Bay, Canada has a 0.0% chance of sunshine throughout December