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TIL A mall in China has bigger parking spots for women

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69G1X TIL: In April 1861 in Pennsylvania, an oil well that began gushing at a rate 3,000 barrels per day had drawn about 150 spectators by the time an hour later when the oil gusher burst into flames, raining fire down on the oil-soaked onlookers. Thirty people died.
MeDZ0 TIL that in 1965-1966 a morbidly obese man named Angus Barbieri went 382 days without eating, losing 276lbs (125kg).
xg57 TIL the average American pimp has three prostitutes in his service
5Yr1p TIL Marie and Pierre Curie won the Physics Nobel Prize in 1903. Marie Curie won the Chemistry Nobel Prize in 1911. Marie's daughter Irène and her husband won the Chemistry Nobel Prize in 1935. In total, 15 people in the family were prominent researchers in physics, chemistry, biology or medicine.
9ZRm TIL that the US government has four Doomsday Planes operated by the Air Force.