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TIL when Dave Grohl of the Foo Fighters broke his leg while performing, he designed a special "throne" that would allow him to play with his cast on rather than cancel their American Tour.

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d8gME TIL that an area in North Africa of 45 km × 45 km could supply Germany with all of its electrical power through solar energy, an area of 110 km × 110 km could power the European Union, and an area of 254 km × 254 km could power the globe.
QG1X TIL of the Silphium plant. Used by the ancient Romans to induce abortions it was over-harvested to extinction in the 2nd or 3rd century BCE.
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