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TIL that Peter Brabeck-Letmathe (Chairman of Nestlé) said that the idea of water as a basic human right is “extreme”

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rNKme TIL that grandma killer whales increase the survival of the pack by letting their daughters mate while taking care of their grandoffspring
neAbY TIL 12 years British PM William Gladstone loved chopping trees down with axes. 1,000s would gather to watch him, and he was still felling in his mid 80s.
69gOW TIL Romans used Geese as guard animals due to their very aggressive nature and large numbers. They were so effective Romans considered them sacred
XEgNr Today I Learned that Freddie Mercury created songs 'till the day of his death though he knew that he will die. This is a song that he sang even not a week before his death.
mZjo TIL 2,000 year-old seeds were discovered in Israel around 1965 to be held in storage for the next 40 years. After they were planted, a tree that has been extinct for 1,800 years sprouted.