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

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kOkWm TIL Martin Luther King Jr was uncompromisingly anti-capitalist and that his speeches before being assassinated increasingly focused on the economic and social issues faced by poor Americans
jvvM TIL Leonardo da Vinci had extensive knowledge in painting, sculpting, architecture, science, music, mathematics, engineering, literature, anatomy, geology, astronomy, botany, writing, history, and cartography. He is considered one of the most diversely talented individuals to have ever lived.
kgQd TIL there are 5.2 million trees in New York; 25 percent of the city is covered in shade.
KAxw TIL that there are hundreds of people who suffer depression (and even suicidal thoughts), because Avatar (the movie) isn’t real and they can never go to Pandora.
oVaW TIL that Bikram Yoga was invented in the 1970’s by a man called Bikram Choudhury, who decided to copyright poses developed from those available for free for centuries. He also compares himself to Jesus and sues everyone who tries to “copy” his business.