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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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1KKD TIL that pandas in the Canada are on loan from China, and when a baby Panda is born, by agreement, it is sent back to China to help expand the gene pool. The baby pandas are shipped back by FedEx.
RYM4 Beverly Hills sits atop an oil field with nearly 100 active wells, many disguised as buildings, producing ~1 million barrels/year
JYpYl TIL that a healthy person shares their body with around 10,000 species of bacteria, fungi, and other microbes. They compose around 1 to 3 percent of your body mass. So if you are a 200-pound person, up to six pounds of you are not you—but them.
5YpGR TIL In the 1890s, electric bicycles were documented within various U.S. patents. However, in 1992 hardly any commercial electric bicycles were available and the terms E-Bike, power bike, pedelec, assisted bicycle, and power-assisted bicycle only became popular by 2001
gJr4 TIL North Korea’s official state news agency claims archaeologists in Pyongyang discovered a unicorn lair.