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TIL about Hydrokinetic energy systems, which utilize water currents. Since ocean currents are partially powered by the Moon's gravity, one can argue that we're developing Lunar Power.

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gLL7 TIL Cosmonaut Sergei Krikalev was in space when the Soviet Union was dissolved. He went up a Soviet citizen and returned a Russian citizen.
9wvP6 TIL I learned that in 2012, in an attempt to reduce the number of people ending their lives by jumping off of South Korea's Mapo Bridge, the bridge was renamed The Bridge of Life and was decorated with life affirming messages. The amount of people jumping actually increased the following year.
YM6A TIL Ernst Leitz II risked his own safety by putting into place a wildly successful plan to help Jews escape Nazi Germany. He hired Jews, and then sent them on foreign assignments.
AYY7 TIL until the 1700s, all geishas were men.
jNl4X TIL about Yoshie Shiratori. He escaped Japanese prison 4 times. The first time he picked some simple locks, the next time he climbed up a wall and broke a skylight, the next time he dislocated his joints to escape through a small hole, and lastly he dug a hole with a bowl. Every time was different.