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TIL khat is so popular in Yemen that about 40% of the country's water supply goes towards irrigating it, and families spend about 17% of their income on khat.

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Oo1NX TIL that the Soviet Union was issued a top-level internet domain just before its 1991 collapse. The domain was never deactivated and has since become a haven for cybercriminals due to its lack of regulation.
GALvE TIL in 2018 three illegally installed vending machines (that required an 8-inch hole to be dug & filled with concrete) were discovered in Long Island to be selling "crack pipes" disguised as pens for $2 each. The machines were originally tampon dispensers that had been ripped out of bathrooms.
WkEZN TIL in 2017, three infertile mice were able to give birth to healthy offspring after being implanted with artificial 3-D printed ovaries.
5YeEp TIL an ant mega-colony exists across 3 continents and is thought to contain billions of ants, all of which recognise each other to be from the same colony. The largest part of the colony is in Europe and is thought to spread 6,000km (3,700 miles) along the Mediterranean coast
v1AwB TIL that NASA unofficially relabeled the size chart of a condom-like urination device used in spacesuits because astronauts refused to use size Small. "We changed the names to Large, Gigantic, and Humongous"