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TIL twice as much Wind power was created in America between 2017-2020 than 2013-2016 (22.8 GW vs 40.5 GW)

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78pQP TIL that in 1689, in response to the English Glorious Revolution, New York experienced a period of revolutionary anti-Catholic turmoil
J75l TIL giant camels roamed Canada’s High Arctic about 3.5 million years ago
eK56 TIL Babirusa tusks can grow so large that they impale their own skulls, eventually killing themselves.
1abJ8 TIL in a large study of over 680,000 people, it was found women are more empathetic and men more analytical on average.
QJKA6 TIL Elvis Presley was actually blond. The King of Rock ’n’ Roll began dying his hair black from a very early age. Because of this, only one photo of him with his natural hair color exists – and it is framed on the wall of Graceland.