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

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ANgmn TIL approximately 3% of the population has experienced psychosis
epQjE TIL China’s vertical dramas have wild ROI: 20–30 episodes × 30-min series can cost $8M+, while micro-dramas cost as little as $14k, but around $11M+ to market.
0dR4M TIL: The energy in one barrel of oil equates to five years' worth of work of one human being.
Y7QjW TIL William Thornton, who designed the US Capitol building, was called to Mt Vernon to treat a dying George Washington, only to arrive after the president had died. Thornton proposed ressurrecting the frozen corpse by heating it up, inflating the lungs, and infusing lamb's blood. His family declined
wLYpY TIL that male spiders give female spiders gifts of prey wrapped in silk to increase mating success. Wrapping the gift in silk prevents the female from stealing it without copulating and sometimes conceals that the gift is just random trash.