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TIL there's a 4 gallon aquarium in France that mimics the conditions of an ocean zone that's over a mile under sea level

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wo5W8 TIL: That The U.S. Department of Energy has set the maximum shelf life for gasoline at six months when stored properly. With that said, most experts agree that as long as fuel is kept fresh and free of contaminants, it can last up to three years.
rNEy4 TIL that during the construction of the New Basin Canal in NOLA the loss of slaves to yellow fever prompted the decision to use cheap Irish laborers instead.
ZlB4 TIL Sam Raimi director of “The Evil Dead” series and the “Spiderman” Trilogy and “Drag me to Hell” always has his car a 1973 Oldsmobile Yellow Delta 88 Nicknamed “The Classic” in every movie he films.
GV84 TIL A robbery suspect fled into a darkened movie theater to escape pursuing police. He became so engrossed in the movie playing on screen, Robocop, that he failed to notice that police had evacuated all other patrons from the theater. When the lights came on he was taken into custody.
epaPg TIL John and Lorenna Bobbitt, an American former couple whose relationship received international press coverage in 1993 when Lorena severed John's penis with a food knife while he was asleep in bed; the penis was successfully surgically reattached.