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TIL Keeping your gas tank less than ¼ full can end up causing your fuel pump to wear prematurely and fail.

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neDYd TIL that in 1977, Queen Elizabeth II planned to hit Ugandan dictator Idi Amin over the head with a ceremonial pearl sword if he gatecrashed a Silver Jubilee church service
aPj9 TIL that there is a parody religion that instructs its followers to reject regular employment. Church heads also claim that their faux founder can time travel, which explains changes to religious doctrines from time to time.
PYDyw Til that the alfanotaurus had much smaler front legs that the trea had
Ae0l TIL that the Foo Fighters suspended their 2015 world tour so they could fulfil David Letterman’s wish and play Everlong at the end of the final Letterman episode.
yjy8 TIL that in 1930 a zoologist went to Syria and brought back 11 newly discovered hamsters. Only 2 of them bred and their offspring were sent to laboratories around the world. Today, the hamsters you see in pet stores are most likely descendants of these two hamsters.