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TIL that in 2000 Nestlé chairman and former CEO Peter Brabeck-Letmathe stated that “access to water should not be a public right.” While that statement was recanted, Nestlé continues to take control of aquifers and bottle their water for profit.

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9kMD TIL In 2006, Terry Gilliam (Monty Python member and director) renounced his American citizenship. As a result, Gilliam is only permitted to spend 30 days per year in the United States.
neV7 TIL on September 6, 1949, a mentally disturbed WWII vet killed 13 of his neighbors and injured 3 more in what is considered the first single-episode mass murder in US history. When he died in 2009, his last words were “I’d have killed a thousand if I had enough bullets.”
Zpa8Q TIL that the former head of the United Mine Workers of America had his former opponent and family killed on 12/31/69.
9wYnX TIL that Michael Jackson helped Little Richard get his publishing rights back after his record company at the time low balled him with a bad contract deal
Wj68 TIL chemical engineer Dave Whitlock hasn’t bathed in more than 12 years. Instead, the MIT graduate sprays himself with live bacteria and is working with AOBiome, a company that uses naturally occurring bacteria in skin-care products to clean and eliminate odor and sweat.