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TIL Out of every US dollar spent on gasoline, 18.4 cents are taxed.

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Y70r7 TIL Dave Coulier knew Alanis Morissette's "You Oughta Know" was about him when he heard the line "I hate to bug you in the middle of dinner" as she once called him after the break up and asked if she could call back because he was in the middle of dinner. When he heard it, he went "uh oh."
DQEND TIL: There is a strange phenomenon where chemical crystals can change spontaneously around the world, spreading like a virus, causing some pharmaceutical chemicals to no longer be able to be synthesized.
D15xD TIL that Jakarta is sinking 25cm (10in) per year, in part due to excessive use of groundwater and lack of piped water. It is expected that the city will be completed submerged in next 30 years.
kOlYW TIL Though the royal figures on modern playing cards do not represent actual people, names were assigned to them: Charlemagne (hearts), David (spades), Caesar (diamonds), and Alexander (clubs). The names of the queens — Judith or Judic (hearts), Pallas (spades), Rachel (diamonds), and Argine (clubs)
XEDXQ TIL that the oldest non-human primate of all time is Cheeta the Chimp, who lived to be 80 years. Becoming famous as one of Tarzan's sidekicks in the 1930s-1960s, Cheeta went on to live a happy life as an Ambassador, also playing piano and painting.