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TIL that 2015, 96 million black polyethylene balls were dropped into a reservoir in Sylmar, California, to stop evaporation of 300 million gallons of water per year

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RAZl TIL The “Black Death” plague (Yersinia pestis) still exists in the US (1–17 reported cases per year).
rpee TIL Daniel Balsam is a US man who got so infuriated with constant email spam that he quit his job, got a law degree and has so far earned over 1 million USD in court judgements against the spammers.
O1AX TIL Thousands of Chinese restaurants get their menus printed from a 2 block area in NYC. Always wondered why they all looked the same.
x6ayg TIL: that the tallest mountain in the solar system is Olympus Mons on Mars, which stands at a height of 22 kilometers (14 miles). Almost three times the height of Mount Everest!
8e79G TIL Sarajevo in Bosnia and Herzegovina is one of the few major European cities with a Catholic Church, synagogue, mosque and Eastern Orthodox church in the same neighborhood