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TIL that a single ton of paper towels takes 17 whole trees and 20,000 gallons of water to make.

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xeV0 TIL Internet Explorer has a website created solely to convince you to use it again.
4w1w TIL after 11 years in space, the Rosetta probe was intentionally crashed into a comet in order to provide close-up photos on its final descent. Scientists said they wanted it to go out in “true rock'n'roll style.”
OGVxg TIL: The great Artesian Basin Australia's largest groundwater basin, laying beneath parts of the Northern Territory, Queensland, South Australia and New South Wales it spans almost 1.7 million km² (650,000 mi²) and contains around 65 million Gigalitres (17 quadrillion gallons) of ground water.
E1Rww TIL that Thomas Young proved that light is a wave, described elasticity, capillary action, explained how our eyes focus and see color, compared the grammar and vocabulary of 400 languages, deciphered hieroglyphs and contributed to music theory. He is called "The Last Man Who Knew Everything".
R5LQl TIL that men having sex 2 times a week, will help reduce your risk of heart attack by 50%. This is based according to a 2010 study published in the American Journal of Cardiology conducted over a 16-year period with men aged 40 to 70.