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

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0wPRy TIL Queen Elizabeth has been married to her 3rd cousin for over 70 years.
nWlWY TIL about the Comanche horse culture. They called them “God Dogs”. They became currency, transportation, means of warfare, food and more. They were so revered that when having intercouse with their wives, warriors would whinny like stallions.
40pg TIL that, on worldwide average, 96 elephants are killed per day, 96 cows are killed every 10 seconds and 96 chickens are killed every 0.05 seconds.
M7Loa TIL that in the early days of cricket being broadcast on Australian radio, the commentators would simulate the sound of the batsman striking the ball by tapping their pencil on the desk near the microphone.
dD67Z TIL that Trading Places was supposed to be a Gene Wilder and Richard Pryor film, but got recast after Pryor's freebasing accident.