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TIL the Netherlands is a leader when it comes to food production due to innovations in agricultural techniques which drastically improve efficiency. Growing a kg of tomatoes in the Netherlands uses 9.1L of water (1.1 gallon/lb). The global average is over 210L of water per kg (25.6 gallon/lb)

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VnR4 TIL there is an adage known as Hanlon’s Razor. It states ‘Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity.’
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