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TIL that tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world, after water, with more consumed than coffee, soft drinks and alcohol combined.

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yQNaV TIL that the first ever video game easter egg was created by Warren Robinett in Adventure released during 1979, which featured a gray dot which, when brought back to the beginning, would display Warren Robinett's name as a way to give him credit since Atari only paid him a small amount of money.
yVgxe TIL the term "gaslighting" comes from a 1938 play where a man dims the gas lights in his home and convinces his wife she's imagining it, to make her think she's going insane.
e0Na4 TIL that Walt Disney was inspired by Copenhagens Tivoli when he built Disneyland
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