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TIL there is a concept for so called Solar Updraft Towers that are generating electricity from low temperature solar heat without solar panlels

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mxwEo TIL The Japanese were planning a biological warfare attack on San Diego, California before the atomic bombs forced them to surrender in WWII
pyGQ TIL that people who complain generally live longer, because it’s a way to relieve stress.
GYjKJ TIL the Garfield plush dolls with suction cup feet were so popular in the 1980's that Jim Davis, creator of Garfield, became worried about overexposure. He paused the sell of them for 5 years.
nOvW TIL Mary Toft managed to trick doctors into believing that she had given birth to rabbits. Mary did this by shoving the rabbits up her vagina before pushing them out and ‘birthing’ them.
9YPv7 TIL of Japanese diplomat Chiune Sugihara, who signed transit visas in Lithuania for more than 6,000 Jews in 1940. He wrote visas for 18-20 hours every day, continuing to sign them through the window of a train and throw them into the crowd as he fled Lithuania.