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TIL Lula oil field in Brazil is considered to be the western hemisphere's largest oil discovery of the last 30 years.

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J1rbv TIL Jefferson Davis attempted to patent a steam-operated propeller invented by his slave, Ben Montgomery. Davis was denied because he was not the "true inventor." As President of the Confederacy, Davis signed a law that permitted the owner to apply to patent the invention of a slave.
PY9ng TIL that in Japan, letting a sumo wrestler make your baby cry is considered good luck.
j66Pa TIL that a species of beetle endemic to Slovenia is being poached by Nazi items collectors because of its name: Anophthalmus hitleri. It was chosen in honor of Adolph Hitler, in 1933, by a German collector, Oskar Scheibel.
78O6r TIL about Severus of Vienne, a catholic saint of Indian Origin, who converted pagans to Christianity in the 5th century
wLgPJ TIL - Residents in Shitterton, a hamlet in England, clubbed together to replace the town sign with one carved in 1.5 ton of stone to stop people stealing it