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TIL almost 90% of Israeli wastewater is purified and used in irrigation, four times more than any other country.

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JwEk TIL The longest jail sentence handed down in the United States was 11,200 years, with charges ranging from rape, to kidnapping, larceny, and robbery.
695QQ Today I learned that the company CommerceOne was worth $21.5 Billion in 2000 and sold for less than $20 million in 2004
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