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TIL that food waste is one of the major sources of water consumption world-wide and reducing food waste is one of the most important ways an individual can impact their water-usage footprint.

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Epe0 TIL a comedian accidently became a politician in Denmark when his joke political party managed to get a seat in parliament.
b6rgQ TIL that sea drops by about 328 ft (100m) near Sri Lanka because gravity is anomalously weaker there
neoNG TIL Benedict Cumberbatch, who plays Sherlock Holmes on "Sherlock," is distantly related to Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who created the character.
neQb9 TIL hibernation leaves animals sleep deprived. They have to routinely go out of hibernation and into "regular sleep" in order to restore their brain from the damage done by hibernating.
ejrb TIL the Canadian postal code for the North pole is H0H 0H0