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TIL the world's population is expected to hit 9.7 billion in 2050, meaning an increase of 2 billion people in the next 30 years.

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OoRa4 TIL Alberta Indigenous Communities feared the poison used in rat control. In order to convince them, a member of the Agriculture staff ate the drug while discussing the issues and impressed the natives.
VMvKB TIL There is a school of thought that credits legendary Czech author Franz Kafka with the development of the civilian hard hat.
4bG5 TIL in 2010, the floor of a Weight Watchers clinic in Sweden collapsed beneath a group of 20 members who were in line for their weekly weigh in. The floor collapsed in one corner of the room, fault lines spread, & other sections of the floor gave way. Nobody was hurt.
aOwo TIL the oldest continuously operating brewery in the world is in Germany and it has been in operation since 1040.
7rMgM TIL those "meme" art pieces of I seen of various subjects in weird stances aren't modern and were actually real and painted (in the 1700s) by Joseph Ducreux who enjoyed painting people in funny poses.