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TIL in the U.S. 43% of petroleum is used for Gasoline

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ADA9o TIL smaller, sterile bell peppers that are “unaffected by weather, pests, or other external conditions” can grow inside of normal sized bell peppers, and is something that occurs in many fruits called internal proliferation.
9EBB TIL in 2009, a hard ground ball hit Adrián Beltré in the crotch which landed him on the 15-day disabled list. In his first game back from the DL, teammate Ken Griffey Jr. conspired with those responsible for the PA system to have Beltré’s at-bat intro music be the waltz from The Nutcracker Suite
8epK4 TIL a 2021 study connected what is often called a "midlife crisis" with the resurfacing of childhood trauma.
aQoJ TIL that John Hughes wrote Ferris Bueller’s Day Off in less than a week and went on to shoot the film on what was essentially his first draft of the script.
NMAM TIL The elevators in the San Francisco Federal Building only stop at every third floor as it was decided federal employees need the exercise.