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TIL that a giant Solar Wind Energy Tower is proposed in Arizona, which would generate as much energy as the Hoover Dam

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D1YvD TIL that a study has shown that Male Robins Make the Best Bird Husbands as they possess the capability to guess what their wives want to eat, whether or not they saw what the females ate last, they can still get exactly what their partner wished for. They are also Monogamous.
v1VKK TiL at least 46% of Americans have had information leaked in data breaches in the last 5 years
e0ll4 TIL in 2001 two deaf men were stabbed in a Florida sports bar when a gang member mistook their sign language for gang signs.
W7jmX TIL that in the first edition of “The Hobbit,” Gollum willingly gave the ring to Bilbo for winning a riddle game, and the two parted amicably. After Tolkien began working on “The Lord of the Rings,” he edited the story for future printings.
OGkm7 TIL Patrick Duffy, star of Man From Atlantis, wrote a book about his title character nearly 40 years later..