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TIL gasoline is currently 4 cents a gallon in Venezuela

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W719L TIL that Andy Reid (whose Kansas City Chiefs just won the Super Bowl again) was a very large child. At the age of 13, the future head coach appeared on TV for an athletic competition. Already 6'2" tall and weighing 220 lb, Reid was so large that he wore a real NFL player's uniform.
9wYRM TIL that a Polar Bear’s liver contains enough Vitamin A to kill as many as 52 adults. If you spread it out and took just enough to get your RDA every day, that liver will last you 143 years.
DGZJ TIL When Disney released the first trailer for The Lion King, they simply showed the entire “Circle of Life” opening sequence. Disney felt it was so powerful it worked as a trailer, and the movie went on to set box office records.
JYXYm TIL that when holocaust survivors were given candy/food by the allied troops upon liberation, many died on the spot (or soon after) due to re-feeding syndrome
JJPk TIL De Beers marketshare of the diamond industry went from ~80% in the 1980’s to ~35% today