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TIL Despite their status as one of the world's largest oil producers, Saudi Arabia is estimated to have less than 100 active oil rigs

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V7b8 TIL: Harry Truman, before he became the President, tried to enlist in the Army. He was refused after an eye chart test determined him having 20/400 vision in the left eye (past the standard for legal blindness). He took the test a second time after memorizing the eye chart and got enlisted.
BrPor TIL in 2002, a Kenyan tribe sent the U.S. 14 cows to aid in the aftermath of 9/11. Cows are their livelihood and they sent every cow they could spare to help strangers overseas. It all started with Kimeli Naiyomah, a young member of a Masai tribe.
XEAJr TIL Jesus' historical name would most likely have been Yeshua ben Yosef haNotzri, which means: "Joshua, son of Joseph of Nazareth"
OM57 TIL in 1836 a group of young boys discovered a group of 17 miniature coffins buried in a cave outside Edinburgh, Scotland. The coffins contain tiny dolls, each individually dressed, and the coffins all differ in their decoration. No one knows who buried them, when, or why.
WkwgN TIL that Genelle Guzman-McMillan, a Port Authority Secretary was the last survivor to be pulled out from the rubble of the Twin Towers after the 9/11 attacks. She remained under the rubble for 27 hours only to be discovered by rescuers when a rescue dog named Trakr recognized her scent.