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TIL that vehicle diesel fuel and home heating oil are the same thing. In many markets they are the same product sold out of the same truck.

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7rX1L TIL that when Bill Withers was in his 30s earning $3 an hour, he went to a Lou Rawls concert. He overheard that Rawls (who didn't arrive) was to be paid $2000 for the show. Withers immediately bought a cheap guitar and started writing songs.
6a8X TIL that the “Sky Beam” that shoots out of the Luxor Hotel/Casino in Las Vegas attracts so many insects that it has established a new ecosystem of moths, bats, and owls.
rNN7W TIL the 4 spikes on the end of a stegosaurus is called a Thagomizer
oB0nA TIL of the cyber sitcom starring Jennifer Aniston and Matthew Perry to accompany the Windows 95 launch
OoRKX TIL that Bill Murray once drove a taxi cab so that the cab driver could spend time playing saxophone in the backseat. The cab driver mentioned that he never had time to play his sax since he had to work 14 hours a day. Murray took the driver’s seat so that he could finally play some tunes.