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TIL that the US uses less water now than it did in 1970

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ne9nd TIL Kevin Mitnick, the most famous computer hacker in the world, spent 8 months of a 5 year prison sentence in solitary confinement because law enforcement convinced a judge he had the ability to "start a nuclear war ... by dialing into the NORAD modem via payphone and whistling codes"
Kl09 TIL Chuck Norris was the first Westerner in documented Tae Kwon Do history to be awarded the rank of 8th Degree Black Belt Grand Master, which he received in 1990.
mxe0y TIL of John Nash ( Portrayed by Russell Crowe in movie 'A Beautiful Mind') rejection of a long standing 2 century Economic Theory by Adam Smith. It lead him to win the Nobel Prize in 1994 for his own Game Theory. He got the idea with his friends in a bar with 4 average brunette & 1 pretty blonde.
E1Qd7 TIL there really is a hotel like the one used in the movie 'Bad Times at the El Royale.' It's called the Cal Neva Lodge and is split into California and Nevada sides just like in the movie. The lodge was owned, in part, by Frank Sinatra at one point.
KO8RE TIL millennials aged 18-34 are more likely to live with their parents than with a spouse/partner - the first time this has ever happened since record-keeping began in the 1880s