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TIL 30% of world's smokers are Chinese

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GAWaj TIL for cars built since 1980, "warming them up" on cold days by idling them is unnecessary and shortens the engine's life
dDXdZ TIL American fried rice is a dish consisting of rice, tomato ketchup, meat, and raisins in Thailand. May include other ingredients, such as pineapple and croutons.
5VMar TIL that the most recent of Wayne Gretzky's 60 NHL records was set some time after his 1999 retirement. He averaged 1.921 points per game, which was second only to Mario Lemieux (2.005). Lemieux later came out of retirement and lowered his own average, moving Gretzky to the number one spot.
69Q5X TIL that Dead Space originally started as System Shock 3
jnyE TIL Paul Reubens tested out the appeal of the Pee Wee Herman character by responding to a cattle call audition for the Dating Game. They called him to appear on the show before he even made it back home.