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TIL Prior to the 1990s, less than a third of South Africans had access to electricity.

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DEaJ TIL $44 billion worth of gift cards have gone unredeemed since 2008
kOON7 And which gum gives you the sweetest-smelling breath?
woPeY TIL Main Street in San Francisco is not a centrally located street, because it’s actually named for a person: 19th century businessman Charles Main
e0bQn TIL : That Hydro-Quebec built the biggest vertical axle wind-turbine in the world! With it's 360ft height (110m), "Éole" was producing 4MW (enough to create power for more than 800 houses). Éole is no longer in operation since 1993 (1988-1993) due to some issue with the bearing olding it's 90+ tons
jN4mp TIL Phantom of the Opera (the stage show) is available on YouTube as part of #Stay Home