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TIL the United States accounts for 44% of the world’s gasoline consumption.

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YpPM7 TIL Los Angeles county has a larger population than 41 of the 50 US states.
WkJlB TIL the bishop of Orlando is also bishop of the moon, due to a canon law that says "any newly discovered territory would fall under the bishopric from whence the discovering expedition departed." His is therefore the largest Catholic diocese, at over 14,000,000 square miles.
oBP1L TIL- In 1968, During the Height of the Civil Rights Struggle in the U.S., Mr. Rogers Shared a Wading Pool with the Police Officer on His Show, a Black Man, and Later Shared a Towell and Dried His Feet For Him a Revolutionary Act at the Time
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wLaxM TIL Keanu Reeves was offered the lead role in The Matrix after 5 leading actors in 1990s turned it down.