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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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Y7mBP TIL that the story of Popeye eating spinach due to a misplaced decimal point over reporting its iron content is a myth. The correct iron value was already well known and nowhere did Popeye mention eating spinach because of its iron content.
MBLV TIL: When asked about atheists Pope Francis replied “They are our valued allies in the commitment to defending human dignity, in building a peaceful coexistence between peoples and in safeguarding and caring for creation.”
J1vd4 TIL that the quadratic formula was discovered in India by the mathematician Brahmagupta.
GAZXj TIL that in the 1970s, the CIA used a robotic cat named "Acoustic Kitty" in an attempt to spy on the Soviets
yVMM8 TIL That Brooklyn Nine-Nine has the most words per minute at 206