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

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GYr07 TIL each year, over 100 firefighters are arrested for arson. This comes from a report by the National Volunteer Fire Council. Some of the offenders seem to be motivated by boredom, or by the prospect of receiving attention for responding to the fires they have set.
epBZ4 TIL, Croissants are an Austrian invention, created after their victory over the Ottoman empire (1683), the crescent shape representing the Turkish flag. It was the Austrian emperor’s daughter Marie-Antoinette who introduced it the France.
694XX TIL that Samuel Jackson asked for his character (Mace Windu) to have a purple light saber. Although he initially rejected it, George Lucas later caved in, making Mace the first character to break the basic colour rule of the light sabers.
loKva TIL that people from other countries also adopt American babies (referred to as an “outgoing adoption”) and the babies are primarily all African American
XBrP TIL only the Queen can eat swans in England.