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

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ZXyp TIL that the color of our Sun is white, its our atmosphere that makes it look yellow.
QN0Me TIL of Mathias Schenk, an 18 year old Belgian who was drafted to the German army in 1944 as a Sturmpionier (assault engineer) under threats of sending his father to the eastern front. He survived 19 knife fights and after the war travelled to Poland 32 times bringing food, clothes and diapers.
AlQd TIL the British expelled the entire population of the island nation Diego Garcia, sending them to live in Mauritian slums in 1971, so that the US could build a military base on the Island.
BJoe TIL researchers from Cornell University are using computational models to generate rap lyrics. “In terms of quantitative rhyme density, the produced lyrics outperform best human rappers by 21%”.
d8Ed TIL Lego blocks have a tolerance as small as 10 micrometers, as they need to fit with every block made for the last 54 years.