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TIL the fully air conditioned Dallas Cowboys Stadium uses more electricity on game day than the entire country of Liberia (5.1 million pop). The stadium will be used in the 2026 FIFA world cup. Other air conditioned stadiums include Houston's NRG stadium and Atlanta's Mercedes-Benz stadium.

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bVk7 TIL Microsoft sued a high school student named Mike Rowe after he registered the domain MikeRoweSoft.com. He eventually gave up the domain for an Xbox (among other things). He later sold legal documents from the case on eBay for $1,037 as “a piece of Internet history.”
xNxg TIL each episode of South Park is written and produced on a one-week deadline. This allows them to respond more quickly to specific current events than other satiric animated shows.
p5yO TIL Han Solo was frozen in carbonite in Empire Strikes Back because Harrison Ford was not yet signed on for Return of the Jedi and the producers were unsure if he would come back.
4kvp6 TIL: The female vocals on the Rolling Stones' iconic "Gimme Shelter" were performed by a 4-months-pregnant Merry Clayton wearing pajamas and curlers in her hair because of the late hour at which she was unexpectedly brought into the recording studio.
KO6Gw TIL that the opposite of deja vu is jamais vu. It is most commonly experienced when a person momentarily does not recognise a word or, less commonly, a person or place, that she or he knows. This can be achieved by anyone by repeatedly writing or saying a specific word out loud.