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TIL that Japan aims to power the Tokyo Olympics with 100% renewable energy. They plan to use wind & solar energy to power the stadiums & athletes village. They also want to recycle the small amounts of gold, silver & copper from around 80,000 old phones by using the metals to create 5,000 medals.

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9YMWB TIL Hugh Jackman agreed to make a cameo in "X-Men First Class" on two conditions. FOX had to make a charitable contribution to his children's school and he wanted to be the only one to curse at the main characters. The studio agreed to both terms.
8xvX TIL of the Cat Organ, a 16th century piano-type contraption played by a trained bear which yanked the tails of cats in order to create music.
jNdKj TIL in 1994, 17 year old Rashida Jones (aka Ann Perkins in Parks and Rec) wrote an open letter addressing 2Pac's scathing remarks about her parents' interracial marriage. After working things out, he became friends with Rashida and her family, and went on to date Rashida's sister prior to his death.
ExVX TIL that all cats with 3 or more colors are females
78J1P TIL During the civil rights movement, Martin Luther King had originally prepared a different speech than the one we know today. He departed from it after he heard singer Mahalia Jackson cry out: "Tell them about the dream, Martin!". He then partly improvised the now famous "I have a dream" speech.