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TIL: the roof on an oil storage tank is not attached to the walls, but floats on the surface of the oil to avoid creating a space for flammable vapors to accumulate and explode.

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VkA0 TIL That the man who holds the world record for the largest Yo-Yo collection also swam half a mile with his foot in his mouth…
r0A4 TIL: On average, women outnumber men in college 3 to 2.
xV8eo TIL that when the Baltimore Colts tried to move to Indianapolis, the owner feared that the government would attempt to keep the team in the city by eminent domain. He secretly packed up everything in trucks in the middle of the night and was in Indiana before the government realized they were gone.
XEd5R TIL that in Japanese schools students are required to have straight black hair and white underwear. A Student was ordered to dye her hair black every four days and was excluded from a school trip because it still “wasn’t black enough.
LoOv TIL that, due to California banning civilian ownership of .50 BMG rifles, Barret will not sell or service to any of California’s law enforcement agencies.