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TIL There is a water reservoir floating in space that is equivalent to 140 trillion times all the water in the world's ocean.

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EByo TIL The word “coffee” was mentioned in Civil War diaries more than war, bullet, canon, mother, and Lincoln. Coffee was so important to the Union war effort the Sharps Rifle Company manufactured a carbine with a coffee grinder built in the butt stock of the gun.
daZ7 TIL India is launching its mass electronic surveillance program in 2014. It will give 9 Indian govt. agencies—incl. the tax dept—the power to access, in real-time, phone conversations, text, emails, web search data & social media activity WITHOUT the approval of the courts or parliament.
p8KmQ TIL the coffee bean is actually just the pit of a bright red fruit called a coffee cherry
oXZR TIL JJ Abrams’ production company, Bad Robot, has their headquarters intentionally incorrectly labelled as the “National Typewriter Company,” as Abrams likes typewriters and misdirection.
OXV1 TIL a recent U.K. study found that police are just as likely as the general public to believe psychological myths relevant to the legal system, but have more confidence in the accuracy of those erroneous beliefs than the average citizen.