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TIL a power plant in Lanai, Hawaii generates electric via diesel trains, still on the tracks.

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oBXYK TIL that Varina Davis, wife of Confederate President Jefferson Davis during the US Civil War, was marginalized due to her dark Welsh complexion, eventually became a Yankee, and accidentally became a good friend of the widow of Union General Ulysses S. Grant.
Egndp TIL: You cannot violate your own order of protection / restraining order. The party that sought the order is under no order themselves and may make contact if they wish. On the other hand, returning a phone call from that party is likely to be a violation.
N8L1 TIL Dutch people eat the most licorice in the world.
N7ybe TIL about Jonathan the tortoise, the world’s oldest animal on land at 187 years old.
eZ4L TIL in ancient Athens they had a process called ostracism, where once a year the people would vote on the politician they thought was becoming too powerful and was in a position to establish a tyranny. The “winner” was then exiled from Athens for 10 years.