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TIL after Crude Oil, Coffee is the most sought commodity in the World.

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N7bQ TIL after Apollo 12, scientists discovered earth microbes living on the moon.
4e5g TIL - a 6000 year-old stone complex discovered in Malta resonates at a frequency which has a measurable effect on people’s brain activity, stimulating creativity during chanting.
Ya6G TIL that the Church of Scientology maintains a facility known as “The Hole”, which is alleged to be holding nearly 100 former executives against their will.
bPPa TIL that in MAY 1997, an IBM supercomputer known as Deep Blue beat then chess world champion Garry Kasparov, who had once bragged he would never lose to a machine. After 15 years, it was discovered that the critical move made by Deep Blue was due to a bug in its software.
lJK7 TIL There is a man in Paris who invites complete strangers to his house for a dinner party each week. He has been doing this for 30+ years!