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TIL Residential lawns in the US use up about 9 billion gallons of water every day

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Ooj4e TIL that there is s fungus called xylaria polymorpha which looks like dead man fingers protruding from the ground.
ne7yB TIL 97% of French Cognac is exported to the USA, where the majority of consumers are African-American. WWII soldiers stationed in France returned to America with a taste for it - and by the 50s, Cognac companies marketed directly to the Black middle and upper classes through Jet and Ebony magazine.
6YgX TIL that the guy who voices Mr Krabs in Spongebob is the bad prison warder in Shawshank Redemption
0wbpN TIL Ethiopia uses a 13-month calendar and is between 7 and 8 years behind the Gregorian calendar used in the rest of world. New Years is either on August 29 or August 30.
ea5E TIL A hotel chain has resident dogs who greet guests in the lobby, accompany them on walks and to make them feel at home.