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TIL that tap water in Canada is held to a higher health standard than bottled water.

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loPEa TIL of "Shifting Baseline Syndrome." This is when significant systemic changes occur over time in a way that makes them extremely difficult for humans to perceive. 'New normals' are established which are experienced as though little to no change has taken place.
6ZwQ TIL American workers burnout faster than workers in any other country
X0948 TIL that Archimedes supposedly invented a giant lens that focused the power of the sun to burn enemy Greek ships
69X9Z TIL a heat wave in Europe in 2003 killed over 70,000 people.
7K5L TIL a man in Argentina planted a guitar-shaped forest of 7,000 trees, and more than 1km in length, in memory of his wife