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TIL the electricity needed to power Times Square could power 161,000 average American homes or the entire country of Turks and Caicos

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E1jYX TIL the first steam turbine was invented in the 1st century by Greek engineer Hero of Alexandria, along with the first wind organ, vending machine, and piston pump. Most of his works were written off as party tricks or display relics for temples.
YrMd TIL movie theaters make almost no money from ticket sales and profit almost solely on concessions
YyJA TIL The sun will never set on the present-day British Empire, due to the smallest and most isolated of the 14 territories, the Pitcairn Islands, which only has a population of a few dozen people. Until there is an eclipse there, Britain remains the empire on which the sun never sets.
DQmZg TIL that when St. Pancras Station in London was inaugurated by Queen Victoria in 1868, its 210m long, 73m wide and 30m high train shed was the largest enclosed space in the world. The single-span iron and glass roof engineering marvel was designed by William Henry Barlow.
rREQw TIL Prison Guards once handcuffed an inmates hands above his head outside in 100+ degree weather, took his clothes so he would receive more intense sun burns and refused to give him any water for 7 hours. The courts ruled that what the guards had done wasn't cruel or unusual punishment.