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TIL Fiji Water ran ad stating, “The label says Fiji because it’s not bottled in Cleveland”. Cleveland Water Dept responded by running tests comparing a bottle of FIJI Water to Cleveland tap water. FIJI Water contained 6.31 micrograms of arsenic per litre, the tap water of Cleveland contained none

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wLbO1 TIL - the average power of the sun, at the earth's distance is about 1400 watts per square meter (1.4kW/m^2).
5VAjD TIL the song Hey You wasn't in Pink Floyd's The Wall movie because Alan Parker and Roger Waters decided it was simply too depressing and botched the film's pacing, so they had it removed.
6EJKY TIL With the Norman conquest of Britain in 1066 the French took over England. The lower-class were the hunters so animal names persist, and the upper-class French only saw the butchered meats. As a result, we refer to beef (boeuf), pork (porc) and mutton (mouton) instead of cow/pig/sheep.
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