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TIL that the Pink Panther and Halloween films have sequel subtitles in common: Return, Revenge, and Curse

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oGgo TIL that cost for solar has decreased from $101.05 per watt in 1975 to $0.447 per watt in August of 2016. The cheapest bid for unsubsidized solar is 2.42¢/kWh—cheaper per kWh than natural gas, coal, or nuclear power can provide practically anywhere in the world.
mxd1R TIL in 1988, Greek cyclist Kanellos Kanellopoulos flew 119 km from Crete to Santorini in an MIT-built aircraft powered only by pedals, paying tribute to the mythical flight of Daedalus and Icarus
kEJE TIL of Margaret Abbott, a woman who competed in and won a golf tournament in Paris. After her death, it was discovered that this tournament was part of the poorly-organized 1900 Olympics. She never knew she was an Olympian.
e0Kgn TIL that wax worms can eat and break down one of the most common plastics, polyethylene. Their digestive process breaks the plastic's chemical bond, producing an organic compound.
8e0PG TIL that not only has it been more than fifty years since a person last set foot on the moon, the entire period of crewed missions to the lunar surface only lasted three and a half years.