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TIL that Keurig K-Cups generate 10 times the solid waste that would be generated from a standard drip brewer and most of that waste isn't recyclable. Co-founder John Sylvan said, "I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”

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rRGZo TIL: People will be prohibited from climbing Australia's iconic Ayer's Rock, aka Uluru, from October 2019.
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RDwj TIL that France gives a medal to citizens who have “successfully raised several children with dignity.”
b6rjZ TIL it seems that the Pythagorean theorem was already known before Pythagoras lived. In fact, it's used in a proof on a Babylonian clay tablet that's about 1,200 years older than Pythagoras.
9DLr TIL that when US tanks crossed the border into Iraq, they played The Ride of the Valkyries from humvee-mounted speakers