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TIL there are more than 1 million Catholics in Saudi Arabia

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Z8joB TIL it can take up to 2,700 liters of water to produce the cotton needed to make a single t-shirt.
dDvJj TIL when Mentos makers saw a chemistry teacher create a soda geyser several feet high by dropping Mentos into Diet Coke on the Late Show. They devised a consumer misuse campaign encouraging user-generated videos and signing content creators to create a trend that acheive a 20% sales spike.
8mRa TIL: In an effort to fight oil well fires, Hungarian engineers recycled a Russian T-34 tank, and replaced the gun turret with two Mig-21 jet engines. The team would inject water into the exhaust of the engines and literally blow an oil well fire out. They called the device Big Wind.
grWDy TIL that lipstick was first invented in ancient Sumerian and Indus Valley about 5,000 years ago. Later, people wore lipstick for different purposes. The ancient Egyptians wore lipstick to show social status rather than gender, while the Chinese protected their lips.
rPGx TIL that a South Korean scientist has cloned 600 pet dogs for grieving owners. At $100,000 a pup. I mean pop.