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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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BgObx TIL Nikola Tesla was obsessed with the number 3 and engaged in a number of compulsive behaviors around it. For example, he would walk around a building three times before entering and he commonly washed his hands three times in a row
wLrkY TIL In 1959, nine Russian hikers died mysteriously in the Ural Mountains. Known as the "Dyatlov Pass Incident," investigators concluded that the nine died could have died of a "compelling natural force" known as infrasound-induced panic
oRbE TIL that Donald Rumsfeld ordered a study in 2004 on the cause of terrorism. The findings: “Muslims do not ‘hate our freedom,’ but rather, they hate our policies… specifically American direct intervention in the Muslim world and support for Islamic tyrannies in places like Egypt and Saudi Arabia.”
VBMD TIL some doctors in China get paid when you’re healthy but don’t get paid when you’re sick (because it’s their fault for not keeping you healthy)
4XJV5 TIL Sean Connery agreed to drive himself during the production of Zardoz so that he and the film's writer/director could pocket the £300/day it was costing the film for a car and chauffeur