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TIL is everyone in the US boiled their pasta in half the water, we would save a half-million barrels of oil a year of energy.

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YGLr TIL that Muhammad Ali threw his 1960 Olympic Gold Medal into the Ohio River, following is refused service at a “whites-only” restaurant. He would be awarded with an honorary medal in 1996.
d8lGd TIL Kazakhstan has the highest amount of deaths from leukaemia in the world per capita
x6Vj5 TIL: Cannabis reduces blood pressure in older adults, according to Ben-Gurion University researchers
nekJd TIL that Adam Devine, who plays Adam Demamp on Workaholics, was hit by a cement truck at age 11, and both his legs were completely mangled. To pass time while recovering, he’d call radio DJ’s and impersonate celebrities, which is how he discovered his love of comedy.
0wA41 TIL: In 2007 a thief drove a $280,000 Porsche through the glass window of a Malaysian luxury car showroom. The car was abandoned nearby, its fuel tank empty. The thief kept the keys and returned with a can of gas to the police station where the car was impounded, stealing the vehicle a second time.