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TIL it takes 4 litres of water to make a 1 litre plastic water bottle

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aw0Zy TIL the FBI sent MLK a letter urging him to commit suicide
YelA TIL that in 2013 a 39-storey hotel in Tokyo “disappeared,” in that it was demolished without explosives or a wrecking ball. All 39 floors were disassembled by a small crane from inside the building and there’s a timelapse of it shrinking floor by floor.
91Rm TIL that it is possible that humans could breed with chimpanzees. There was an unsuccessful attempt in Russia during the 1920s, however it was reported that in 1967 a female chimp had been impregnated with human sperm, but the experiment was cut due to its taboo nature.
OGek7 TIL researchers strapped cameras to 60 outdoor house cats and found they killed on average 2+ animals per week
v1vm7 TIL The Legend of Zelda was principally inspired by creator Shigeru Miyamoto's explorations as a young boy in the hillsides, forests, and caves surrounding his childhood home in Sonobe, Japan where he ventured into forests with secluded lakes, caves, and rural villages.