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TIL: Motor oil does not wear out—it just gets dirty—so recycling it saves a valuable resource

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KeVQ TIL Josef Stalin has a granddaughter living in Portland
d8W9j TIL about a Chinese dentist from a small village who was put on trial for malicious slander and executed, for comparing a mango to a sweet potato.
9YP1G TIL that the in The Sandlot, the guy who played the grown up version of Benny "The Jet" Rodriguez, and who stole home for the Dodgers, is the real-life older brother of the kid who played Benny.
LXbd TIL Van Gogh shot himself in the chest and then went and smoked a few cigarettes before finally dying.
6EZMQ TIL that Philadelphia, LA, and San Francisco burn old money to help power their city. And Phoenix uses old money (which has been converted) to insulate homes.