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TIL Germany has a goal of producing 35% of electricity from renewable sources by 2020 and 100% by 2050

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QJZbM TIL The Crab Rave meme has an official videogame coming out made by the creator of the video himself.????????????
wLkl8 TIL Cancer death rates have dropped 26% since 1991, with many major forms reduced by 39 to 52%. This has saved nearly 2.4 million lives.
v1gRK TIL that Emily Davison, a brutish suffragette, stepped in front of the King’s horse at the 1913 Epson Derby and was killed. This shows that protestors have always stood in high traffic areas. There’s a video of it too. Emily Davison | British activist
4Dpo TIL the final song on Pink Floyd’s album “Atomic Heart Mother” -“Alan’s Psychedelic Breakfast”- features a dripping sink at the end where on original vinyl copies, the effect was cut into the vinyl’s run-off groove, causing the dripping noise to play on infinitely until the stylus was removed
mxLvp TIL as Late Republican Rome descended into civil war, the collection of precious rocks was exploited in elite political competition. Senator Nonius refused to sell Mark Antony his opal ring for 2 million sesterces, so the triumvir proscribed him. He fled into exile with nothing but his gem.