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TIL that total US oil consumption is back to 1997 levels.

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er6b TIL that the Chili Peppers bassist, Flea, has become a beekeeper in an effort to stave off the declining honeybee population
wbYW TIL Bomb and Drug sniffing dogs will eventually develop psychological problems if they never find any, and must occasionally be taken on dummy missions to satisfy their ‘prey-drive.’
1e7P TIL that Polynesian sailors still navigate the oceans using nothing but the stars, the moon, the movement of the waves etc.
9YJD6 TIL In 2011, regulators fined a Hong Kong TV station $39,000 for airing a report suggesting that former Chinese President Jiang Zemin had died. Jiang later appeared on a TV show with his successor Hu Jintao
6kLl TIL a woman jumped from the 86th floor of the Empire State building, only to be blown back onto a ledge on the 85th floor by a gust of wind.