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TIL 92% of global water consumption is used in agriculture.

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x6bV1 TIL: scholars Karl Popper and Wittgenstein once argued whether philosophical problems existed. After Popper said moral rules were legitimate problems, Wittgenstein pointed a fire poker at Popper, daring him to give an example, to which Popper replied: Not to threaten visiting lecturers with pokers
neGD9 TIL about the Theo Albrecht kidnapping and it was just incredibly unique! He not only manged to be freed, but chiseled his captors down in Ransom price then went on to win half what he lost in a lawsuit as business related losses!!!
9Ypnp TIL you have a better chance of getting struck by lightning while drowning than winning the Powerball
7ro4L TIL that 20 years after losing his boxing World Heavyweight Championship, George Foreman at age 45 regained the title by knocking out the 26-year-old undefeated heavyweight champion Michael Moorer in the 10th round
VBBmB TIL that oxygen (together with iron) account for most of the mass of planet earth