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TIL Tetris helps cope with trauma

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dy4E TIL the entire petrol and diesel requirement for America could be provided by 3.8 million hectares of algael blooms producing biofuel. To put this into perspective America already has 182 million hectares of land for crop production.
Z80Ko TIL there are more than 5000 companies worldwide that are older than 200 years. More than 3000 of them are located in Japan and the oldest company in the world was Kongō Gumi, a construction company in Japan, which had its origin traced back to 578 AD. It was liquidated in 2006.
0dAvL TIL there were six civilian deaths in the continental US during World War II, and they were caused by Fu-Go balloon bombs (regarded as the first weapon system with intercontinental range).
M7LDA TIL the Syndrome of the Third Man. An unseen presence that converses with the victim and offers encouragement and practical advice has been seen by mountain climbers and explorers during stressful survival circumstances.
aop9 TIL in 2011 A man tripping on acid wandered into Moby’s house. Moby gave him a sweatshirt and some money for breakfast and sent him on his way.