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TIL One farming family in California uses more water then all of Las Vegas

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7K7Z TIL That President George Washington personally led 12,950 men to western Pennsylvania to quell the whiskey rebellion and assert the power of the federal government, one of only 2 sitting presidents to lead an army while in office, the rebels disbanded and fled.
OXv6 TIL that Blockbuster had the chance to buy Netflix for 50 million in 2000 but turned it down to go into business with Enron
EEko TIL that at 10 years old Mike Tyson bought $700 worth of birds after robbing someone’s home. He later got into his first fight after someone stole and decapitated one of them.
0w9g5 TIL that images from NASA's Lunar Orbiter in the '60s where hi-def even by today standards, but were published as grainy and low-res to hide US spying capabilities
QNWlX TIL that turkeys can sometimes reproduce asexually, forming near-clones of themselves.