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TIL scientific estimates of human population that Earth can support indefinitely range from 2 billion to 1 trillion

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pMeG TIL Recycling one glass jar saves enough energy to watch TV for 3 hours
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Z8Pbv TIL Superman co-creator Joe Shuster was born in Toronto and he had been greatly impressed by Toronto’s vitality and size. In creating the Metropolis skyline, Shuster drew on his fond memories of Toronto, which he continued to consider more beautiful than Cleveland, where he later lived
x604D TIL that MGM execs referred to Judy Garland as an “ugly duckling” and "little hunchback," made her wear caps on her teeth and rubber disks in her nose, often fed her a diet of chicken soup and coffee to ensure she didn’t gain weight, and allegedly gave her amphetamines and barbiturates as a child.
Wkx4A TIL Jenna Fischer revealed what she said to Michael at the airport during Steve Carell's farewell episode on The Office. "That was me talking to Steve. I told him all the ways I was going to miss him when he left our show. Those were real tears and a real goodbye. That was a really emotional scene."