The present state of AI is not up to formulating a full common sense database, but full common sense knowledge is not necessary. We can expect to do a lot with very limited knowledge. A sophisticated data mining system might be able to use the following facts in its formulation of hypotheses. An ambitious logic-based system might use logical expressions of the facts. Less ambitiously, programmers would use them in designing data mining systems.
People persist in time.
People want objects. People consume objects and want more. Some objects are permanent on the relevant time scale. There are kinds of people and kinds of objects. People have attributes, and these attributes change, although some are permanent.