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TIL Saudi Arabia has used up all its groundwater and will need to import all its food. California is headed down the same path and so is China.

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b6J1Z TIL Robert C. Campbell, a Captain in the British Army in WWI. Captured as a prisoner of war by Imperial Germany in 1914, he was held in captivity for two years before appealing to the Kaiser for a visit to his dying mother. He was allowed and voluntarily returned to POW Camp until the end of the War
jN4jQ TIL there's a species of wild pigs with tusks that grow up and inwards, curving directly towards their forehead. If the male's tusks aren't worn down by regular use, they will grow until they pierce the skull, killing the boar
rRxA0 TIL wolves killed tens of thousands of people across Europe in the 18th century. One infamous wolf called The Beast of Gévaudan killed more than 500 people, usually by tearing their throats out.
a8GV9 TIL about Alice de Janzé. She was a member of the infamous “Happy Valley Set” of white settlers in colonial Kenya. When one of her lovers tried to leave her, she shot him in the chest before shooting herself. They both survived and were married 5 years later.
XEGoR TIL the "piano" means "soft" in Italian. The instrument's name is actually short for "pianoforte" (soft-loud) which is short for “gravicembalo col piano e forte” (harpsichord with soft and loud). Calling it "piano" defeats the purpose of its original name that meant to depict its dynamic sound.