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TIL gasoline is currently 4 cents a gallon in Venezuela

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awMOA TIL in 1927, a 12-year-old boy rode along with stunt pilot Doug Davis, throwing Baby Ruth candy bars down over a racetrack as part of a promotion. The boy loved the experience, and would grow up to be a pilot… of the Enola Gay, the plane that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima.
LrRZ TIL: A morbidly obese woman refused to get free weight-loss surgery offered by the NHS because she didn’t want to lose the £75,000 in disability benefits she was receiving.
J1dYm TIL a man known as Hong Xiuquan, who lived in China during the 19th century, claimed to be the brother of Jesus Christ. He tried to overthrow the then-ruling Qing Dynasty with his own Christian kingdom, known as Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. The conflict resulted in approximately 20 million deaths.
4kOXb TIL That, during WW II, only 30-40% of the German Army was mechanized. The remainder relied on on rail or horse drawn transportation.
0wdDA TIL Pat Sajak and Vanna White used to host Wheel of Fortune while drunk