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TIL: That only 10% of the water use in California is used by Californian residents with the rest being used by Farming and other Big Bussines

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D1wlY TIL that 17 miles (27km) from Mount Rushmore, a gigantic sculpture is being carved in the Black Hills, showing Native Chief Crazy Horse on his steed, pointing east. The contruction has started in 1948 and will take another 50 years to be completed.
v1XV4 TIL that on April Fools’ Day, 1974, prankster Oliver Bickar fooled the town of Sitka, Alaska into thinking that the nearby Mount Edgecumbe was erupting by igniting hundreds of old tires inside the crater
yVkpe TIL: That the blobfish can live up to 4000ft below the surface of the ocean and can live for over 100 years old. Their most known appearance is of their deceased appearance but looks completely different when alive.
e0Ymb TIL that a UK TV license costs £157.50. You get a 50% discount to £78.75 if you’re blind and have a colour TV, but a 66% discount to £53 if you’re fully sighted with a black and white TV.
eprpk TIL that a window cleaner in England claims to own the only painting of Shakespeare done in his lifetime. Many experts agree. If true, this would be worth up to £200 million.