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TIL one gallon (about 4 liters) of gasoline contains about 31,000,000 calories

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XZG6 TIL: Shazam has been around since 2002. Before smartphones you used to have to dial 2580 to Shazam a song. Shazam would then text you with what song it was.
Vpk8 TIL of a Mets/Yankees minor league game where a switch-handed pitcher AND batter faced off, and the two kept on switching hands so much, it was minutes before a pitch was thrown.
x68K5 TIL that fractual burning, a hobby/side hustle that uses a 2,100+ volt transformer from a scrapped microwave to burn decorative, treelike designs in wood, has killed at least 33 people in the U.S. since 2017, and gruesomely burned many others.
BoRb TIL Rice does not need to grow in water, but since it can survive it, is done so to control weeds and other pests creating higher yields.
wLvn7 TIL a 'deadline' (1860s) was a line drawn in or around a prison that inmates would be shot dead for crossing.