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

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VMN8k TIL Detention Deputies located $1,090.00 in U.S. currency hidden in the rectum of a 26-year-old man after they apparently smelled marijuana in his car.
WkwQd TIL the Mi-26 (Halo) is the world's largest helicopter to have gone into series production. It is over 26 feet in height, 131 feet in length, and its 8 rotors are nearly 50 feet long. It can hold 90 people.
9KJX TIL that it takes us less than 2 minutes today to take as many photos as the whole of humanity took in the 1800s.
4Xkdb TIL When Brazil joined the Allies in WW2, many riots broke against German Brazilians and their businesses
kOep4 TIL September is the most common US birthing month, meaning more parents conceive during Christmas time, not Valentine's Day.