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

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v1MYR TIL The equivalents of the idiom “It’s all Greek to me” in world languages use other kinds of languages other than Greek.
NXjw1 TIL that Marilyn Monroe wore a potato sack as a dress after a journalist insulted her by saying that she'll look better in a potato sack
OGG4X TIL there is no actual factual backing for the rumor that Walt Disney was cryogenically frozen. In fact, it is extremely unlikely and records state he was cremated
OGaLR TIL recent research shows the demodex mite, which lives on most humans' skin, has an anus. Contradicting earlier findings.
RBp4 TIL an Australian man typed every number from 1 to 1,000,000 in words, not numbers, on his typewriter. It took him 16 years.