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TIL Livestock covers 45% of the Earth’s total land

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GYrlN TIL the oldest known written complaint is from ancient Babylon written c. 1750 BC. In it, a customer named Nanni complains to the merchant Ea-Nasir about the low quality of his copper as well as him being rude to Nanni's servent who had to pass through enemy territory only to be refused a refund.
a4L0 TIL a woman once tried to sue Nickelodeon, claiming she couldn’t have sex because Marc Summers threw a pie at her face on Double Dare. The network gave her $25,000 to “go away.“
OjMe TIL Twilight Zone creator Rod Serling originally recorded the show’s intro by saying there was a sixth dimension. When a confused producer asked why he skipped a dimension, he responded with, “Oh. Aren’t there five?”
M7gp0 TIL that if you're American, there is a roughly 87% chance you are the only person of your sex with your date of birth in your zip code. [PDF]
8WaX TIL There’s a plan to rebuild the colossus of Rhodes