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TIL Denmark built a waste to energy plant that is a giant ski slope (open year round) and it also includes the worlds tallest artificial climbing wall.

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v1j7R TIL the "Sex Raft" was a 1973 experiment in which five men and six women of various religions, nationalities and social backgrounds drifted across the Atlantic on a raft for 101 days in order to study sexual and physical aggression. It produced little in the way of worthwhile scientific results
R5804 TIL that I've been calling everything an ACRONYM when in fact they could instead be an INITIALISM. An acronym can be spoken like a word e.g. FIFA, NASA, RAM, where as an initialism cannot be easily spoken as a word e.g. FBI, CIA, UFO, HSBC, and are instead pronounced letter by letter.
nWwbb TIL that eight people have been nominated and confirmed to the Supreme Court, but never took their seats. All but one declined, with Edwin Stanton dying just four days after his nomination was confirmed by the Senate.
70ZZ TIL The Headquarters of Campbell Soup has been in Camden, New Jersey since 1869. It has since decided to remain in the city despite the economic decline of the neighborhood so it may be a positive influence in its future revitalization
OoXo6 TIL that in Israel it is mandatory for all citizens to serve in the military for 24-32 months.