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TIL There Are Almost 26.56 Billion Chickens in the World

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AD757 TIL the Pot-in-pot refrigerator uses a porous outer clay pot (lined with wet sand) containing an inner pot within which food is placed. The evaporation of the outer liquid draws heat from the inner pot, and requires only a flow of relatively dry air and a source of water, but no electricity.
e08OD TIL people who read books have a 20% less mortality rate, and live longer lives than those who do not read books.
R7a56 TIL that in 2015, Costco sold more than 128 million hot dogs in their food courts. That's four times the amount of hot dogs sold in all MLB ballparks combined.
v1BZR TIL That John Williams and Stephen Spielberg met in 1972 after Spielberg got a Universal executive to arrange for their meeting. Williams, charmed by Spielberg's enthusiastic personality, agreed to work with him, cementing one of the best known film and music partnerships.
6yVw TIL that, Cards against Humanity bought an island to preserve wildlife