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TIL that California’s Central Valley has sunk by up to 28 feet since the 1920s due to groundwater pumping. Some parts of the valley are still sinking by up to 2 feet per year.

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yBme TIL the book “The Complete Far Side” by cartoonist Gary Larson has 1272 pages and weights about 19 pounds
nWeBd TIL 12% of the world's total languages are found in Papua New Guinea, which has over 820 indigenous languages. There are more languages on this island than in any other country.
dDeOB TIL Napoleon Bonaparte suffered from severe gastrointestinal issues. Which is why in the portraits he is holding his stomach .
lJK7 TIL There is a man in Paris who invites complete strangers to his house for a dinner party each week. He has been doing this for 30+ years!
8p8 TIL In 1980, a brutal riot took place at the New Mexico State Penitentiary. At one point, the rioters broke into the isolated prisoners cellblock (containing sex criminals, mentally unstable, prison snitches, etc.) where they brutally tortured and killed at least 33 prisoners.