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

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9B1X TIL there is a dog eating festival in China where 10,000 - 15,000 dogs are eaten over a 10 day period.
Oodpa TIL of Flesh Gordon, a 1974 American science fiction sex comedy film, serving as an erotic spoof of the Flash Gordon serials. The film features production values comparable to the original serial, and frequent use of gratuitous nudity and brief sex scenes.
wLxVP TIL of 'Project 100,000.' 25% of US Army soldiers in the Vietnam were intentionally-recruited "misfits" who couldn't read and write, had an IQ of below 75, and/or dropped out of high school. Some didn't even know the US was at war. They had 3x the casualty rate of regular soldiers.
RAL8 TIL: After WWII, the Russians used 17 different dog breeds to create the “supreme military dog” - and it looks like a giant fluffy poodle
GYQWE TIL that the tallest person in recorded history was Robert Wadlow, who was 8 ft 11.1 in (2.72 m) tall and apparently still growing at the time of his death at 22 years of age.