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TIL it takes 140 litres of water to produce 1 cup of coffee

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ev7L TIL ingesting caffeine will caffinate your semen.
BgdPD TIL the official flag of Nottinghamshire features Robin Hood.
GXj1 TIL when Social Anxiety Disorder was added to the DSM-III in 1980, it was barely diagnosed, considered a rare disorder, until the late 90s when the drug ‘Paxil’ was approved for treatment. Now, 5.3 million Americans are diagnosed with it and is the 3rd most prevalent psychiatric disorder.
p89oe TIL some scholars view American patriotism as a sort of religion. They argue documents such as the Constitution are equivalent to holy scriptures, and figures such as George Washington are viewed like prophets or gods in religions.
DQ59P TIL Artists in Renaissance Europe often painted fake Arabic script on the halos and garment hems of Christian saints because they saw it on gilded Islamic artifacts and thought it looked cool. The artists didn't know Arabic and their paintings were just gibberish.