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OoaNR TIL about Grigori Perelman the mathematician who solved the Poincare Conjecture one of the 7-millennium problems and denied the million dollar prize money as well as the fields medal. Rest of the 6 still remain unsolved.
epOvJ TIL That the hair style Princess Leia wears in Star Wars, was inspired by women of the Mexican Revolution, most notably, guerrilla fighter Clara de la Rocha.
lo9Br TIL In Manhattan by the 1870s, horse manure added up to millions of pounds each day and over a 100,000 tons per year. Horse refuse and the remains of dead horses littered the streets.
w1DP TIL that human feces is not made primarily of undigested plant material or fiber, as commonly thought. Bacteria make up to 60% of the dry mass of human feces.
kOaW7 TIL that California has a higher population than Canada