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TIL That a billboard located in Lima, Peru produces around 100 liters of water a day (about 26 gallons) from nothing more than humidity, a basic filtration system and a little gravitational ingenuity

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jbNa TIL that in 1997, 14 year old Nathan Zohner was able to get 43 out of 50 of his classmates to vote to ban “Dihydrogen Monoxide” for his science fair project. His project aimed to prove that the use of true facts can lead the ignorant public to false conclusions. He won first prize.
M7XJ0 TIL the very first draft of Star Wars: A New Hope was a two-page outline called "The Journal of the Whills". It would be about the adventures of Mace Windy, a "Jedi-Bendu" from Planet Ophuchi, and his "padawaan learner", a 16-year-old boy called C.J. Thorpe.
GYJ84 TIL nobody knew for certain if there was a point in a horses gait where all 4 legs were off the ground until it was finally settled in 1878 with 16 photos that captured it in quick succession. A horse ran over wires placed every 21 inches and triggered the shutter in ​one-thousandth of a second.
5mar TIL the longest recorded tournament chess match lasted 20 hours and 15 minutes and resulted in a draw.
W76wo TIL Nolan Bushnell, the inventor of Pong and founder of Atari, also founded another company: Chuck E. Cheese