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

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P1Q9n TIL Over the past decade there has been at least a four- to five-fold increase in the number of oral cancers in the US as a result of HVP infections. The odds of HPV-positive throat cancer increased five-fold in those patients with six or more oral sexual partners.
XEWoX TIL Fidel Castro was obsessed with Cow Genetics and Breeding. In 1982, he successfully bred Ubre Blanca, who broke the world record for most milk produced in one day. When the cow died in 1985, the State Media published a front page obituary and the postal service issued stamps in her honor.
Z81J4 TIL of the Creation Evidence Museum, a museum in Texas dedicated to the display of evidence related to creationism. One of their main exhibits is found on the second floor balcony of the museum and features prominently a 12 feet high statue of Dallas Cowboys football coach Tom Landry.
N76wP TIL that Heat Lightning isn’t an actual type of lightning. It’s the reflection of lightning on clouds from a thunderstorm so distant (and obscured by hills, mountains, curvature of the Earth, etc.) that we can no longer hear the accompanying sound.
e0M8D TIL elevators in America (ADA compliant) they need to make an audible ding when going up. And double ding ding when going down. Many elevators also make a noise when at the ground floor. For many blind people this is a lifeline which enables them to use elevators.