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TIL gasoline is currently 4 cents a gallon in Venezuela

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v1Jy7 TIL the Skelton monster in Laika Studio's Kubo and the Two Strings is considered to be the largest stop motion puppet ever made.
Y7End TIL The Basilica of Saint Clement in Rome, built in 1100, has levels that span millennia. The Basilica sits on top of an early 4th cent. church, which sits on top of a Mithraeum cavern/temple from 1st/2d cent. All built on the foundation of Republic-era house destroyed in in the Great Fire of 64
loY0K TIL that John Cleese has a garbage dumped named after him. It was done entirely out of spite.
JegB TIL all passengers and crew of Saudia Flight 163 died because the King’s aircraft was taking off while their own aircraft burned up
YJgG TIL Microsoft makes more money on Android than Xbox, Windows Phone and Skype combined.