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TIL that there are bacterial life forms that live on pure electrons

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5mjQ TIL that the game Monopoly was created with the goal of showing that rents enriched property owners and impoverished tenants
dDmKK TIL that in the first English release of the Game Boy Advance game Tales of Phantasia, the translators accidentally referred to the end of the world as "Kangaroo" instead of "Ragnarok"
v0Vr TIL that Wikipedia Zero - which allows users in poor countries access to Wikipedia articles without data charges - operates in 61 countries, and helps over 400 million people
Pmle TIL men in Japan receive a full year of paid paternity leave, but only 2.3% of them use it.
BryxL TIL the world's largest musical instrument is in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The Wanamaker Organ has 28,750 pipes in 464 ranks, laid out across five floors, and has 2 full-time curators to keep it running perfectly.