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TIL that legendary author Kurt Vonnuget, a lifelong cigarette smoker, dubbed his habbit “a classy way to commit suicide.”

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BraPy TIL after his wife was denied water by upper caste people, Indian laborer Bapuro Tajne managed to dig her a well in under 40 days and ended up discovering a water source capable of sustaining his entire village.
OEKa TIL in 585 BCE, a solar eclipse in Greece ended a war between the Medes and the Lydians. Both sides saw it is as a portent, threw down their weapons, and negotiated a treaty.
aK6b TIL that Keurig K-Cups generate 10 times the solid waste that would be generated from a standard drip brewer and most of that waste isn’t recyclable. Co-founder John Sylvan said, “I feel bad sometimes that I ever did it.”
R7ZWa TIL that 6 East African countries are working for become a single federation before 2023
neJ89 TIL It is estimated that by 2030, most 8-year-olds will have at least one living great-grandparent. But the boom will not last, due to today's trend of delayed childbirth pushing back the age of becoming a grandparent