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TIL In 2014 Californians consumed 46 billion gallons of water per day and less than 17% of that was consumed by the general public.

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e0gkk TIL Peri Peri originated from Africa and it was initially called Pilipili meaning "pepper" in Swahili
0wYAN TIL that a number of models who have portrayed the Marlboro Man have died of smoking-related diseases
45xb TIL Lagunita Brewing Company has a beer called Undercover Shutdown Ale, which is named as such because after a stakeout of their brewery, no charges were filed because “no one was willing to sell it to them (officers), but everyone was willing to give it to them for free.”
gMEbW TIL that Game of Thrones composer Ramin Djawadi has a sensory condition called synesthesia that allows him to visualize music.
4kMA5 TIL Carl Linnaeus's remains constitute the type specimen for Homo sapiens. A type is an example that serves to anchor or centralizes the defining features of that particular taxon.