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TIL it takes more water to make a water bottle than the water it contains

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nee8W TIL the oldest search engine in the world is still online at the ripe old age of 24.
p8Xbp TIL about the "Olympic Truce", which originated almost 3,000 years ago, and was reaffirmed by the UN General Assembly in 1993. Countries are encouraged to observe a truce from seven days before the opening ceremonies to seven days after the opening ceremonies.
WBjX TIL That Serbian-American inventor Nikola Tesla created one of the world’s first wireless remote controls, unveiled at Madison Square Garden in New York City in 1898
6EreQ TIL that in 1856 two steam powered trains collided head on causing an explosion that was heard 5 miles away. Despite a 10 car passenger train carrying nearly 1,500 people, there were less then 200 people killed or injured.
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