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TIL Brazil gets 85% of it’s energy from renewable sources

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j6Npa TIL in 1908, the NYT reported a story on a dog that would push kids into the Seine in order to earn beefsteak treats for “rescuing” them.
Z86Bp TIL that a 1992 Japanese TV show combined English lessons with gymnastic exercise programs. On the show, three gymnasts would perform synchronized exercises while chanting phrases like, "Hasta la vista, baby," "Spare me my life!", "I was robbed by two men!", and "I have a bad case of diarrhea."
E1ZJ7 TIL: Drowning IRL looks nothing like in the movies, and in fact many parents actually watch their children drown, having no idea that it's happening.
1eyP TIL of the concept of posthuman god, the idea that humans of the future might be so intelligent and technologically sophisticated that their behavior would not possibly be comprehensible to current humans, in other words, that they would appear ‘god-like’ by present-day human standards
e0JlE TIL that mango and avocado seeds do not survive freezing or drying and are called recalcitrant, as opposed to orthodox seeds that can survive for hundreds of years just fine, like legumes.