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TIL That the USA is the number one oil producing country in the world.

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JyJB TIL foot fetish can be explained by the fact that the ‘feet area’ in the brain is so close to the 'genital area’.
8eM7L TIL that dinosaur soft tissues and cells really do preserve in fossil bones. Maybe even proteins! A newly peer-reviewed “chemical framework”, based heavily on organic geochemistry, has been proposed that plausibly explains this phenomenon. Science fiction looks like it’s becoming reality.
OGavg TIL the very first phone call was between the head of Motorola to his rival at Bell Laboratories to brag, "Joel, this is Marty. I'm calling you from a cellphone, a real, handheld, portable cellphone."
OoQn1 TIL a study found that after nine months of living in Hawaii, mainland students’ views on race shifted noticeably
Me7m0 TIL the original developer of Plants vs. Zombies was fired after objecting to its sequel becoming more pay to win