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TIL that colors can affect your decision what to buy

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1oY8 TIL that supplying all domestic water by sea water desalination would increase the United States’ energy consumption by around 10%, about the amount of energy used by domestic refrigerators.
Wkd9 TIL that the term sniper originated in the 1770s and was dubbed to hunters that were skilled enough to kill the elusive snipe, a small shorebird
oBpNr TIL that the pepper spray used by law enforcement agencies has some of the highest ratings (2M - 4.5M SHUs)on the Scoville Scale -- the measurement of the pungency (spiciness or "heat"). The rank alongside/higher than some of the hottest Capsicum chili peppers on the planet.
dDD8d TIL in 1955, actor Ray Liotta was adopted from an orphanage at the age of six months. He hired a private detective to locate his biological mother in the 2000s, and learned that he had one biological sister, one biological half-brother, and five biological half-sisters.
0dJL1 TIL: Powdered milk is used as a prop on film industry to resemble cocaine, yes it’s snort it too.