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TIL that men should be drinking more than 15 cups of water each day, and women should be drinking more than 11 cups each day.

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lE9V TIL that the Chinese invented a 1-wheeled wheelbarrow in 200AD. One man could carry up to 6x the weight than if he were using a Western wheelbarrow. Some Chinese wheelbarrows were further improved by adding sails, turning them into 3rd-Century Wind-Powered Land-Ships
EZ9V TIL Student tuition at Ivy League schools is essentially “Pay what you can,” and free for students whose families make less than $60K/year; the difference is funded by an endowment of donations.
b6mw4 TIL: Supercomputers know how to solve EVERY chess ending that has seven pieces or fewer remaining, regardless of position, makeup of the remaining pieces, or possible moves. This information, known as endgame tablebase, is currently 18.4 terabytes in size.
Jd0k TIL that a blogger found out that Ice Cube’s “Good Day” was January 20, 1992 due to events desrcibed in the song only occurred on that day.
D19yP TIL that Sussex, England has an unusually large number of words for mud