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TIL At its pinnacle in the late 1980s, waterbeds made up 22 percent of the mattress market in the US

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9A6B TIL that American company Bechtel took over the privatization of water in Bolivia in 1999 because the Bolivian government was too corrupt. Water prices subsequently raised from $5/month to $20/month for an income of $1000/year.
6nYZ TIL that in two days we create the same amount of information that it took all of humanity to create from the dawn of civilization to 2003.
bN TIL that every day, Sikh temples are required to provide a free, hot meal to anyone regardless race, gender, or creed.
ZYLD TIL that Jenna Miscavige Hill, the niece of the Chairman of Scientology, David Miscavige, first learned about the story of Xenu from watching the “Trapped in the Closet” episode of South Park.
b9R60 TIL that LIMES are actually YELLOW when they are RIPE