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TIL Nestle’s enormous California (water) bottling plant is on an Indian reservation so they don’t have to adhere to government water restrictions during droughts or report on how much water they’re actually using.

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69Ex8 TIL that after his military service, Lynn Compton (portrayed by Neal McDonough in Band of Brothers) was the prosecutor of Sirhan Sirhan for the assassination of Robert Kennedy
Zpxxo TIL That the Lion is the King of the Jungle, because the Hindi word Jungle means arid plain/desert or generally "Wilderness", like where Lions actually live, and that the current meaning, a dense often Tropical Forest is likely due to the British.
E1xwd TIL In 1969 Forrest Parry, an IBM engineer, had the idea to affix magnetic tape to a plastic card. Every adhesive failed. He went home frustrated. His wife was ironing when he walked in. She suggested he fuse the tape onto the card with the iron. It was a success, and the magstripe card was born.
5V0Yp TIL the popular fact "your blood vessels put together is long enough to go around the Earth 2.5 times (100,000 kms)" is false, as the numbers used by the first scientist to study this were way off. The actual length is only around 9000-19000 kms based on an updated study.
oRp6r TIL - that Larry Silverstein owner of the twin towers received $4.6 billion insurance money following the 9/11 attacks. Settlement was reached in 2007 after a long legal battle whether there was 1 or 2 separate attacks. It was ruled as 2 attacks significantly increasing the insurance payout.