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TIL IBM has created a solar collector that distills water as a byproduct. If we covered just %2 of the Sahara with these, we could produce enough energy to meet the needs of the entire world.

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M7rWa TIL that during the Muhammad Ali vs Henry Cooper first fight, it has been alleged that Ali’s trainer Angelo Dundee used smelling salts to revive a knocked down Ali. This was against British boxing rules, and would have seen Ali disqualified if caught.
dDrEd TIL windsocks are used to tell the wind speed and not just direction
V50k TIL Marie Curie, a Polish radium physicist in the 20th century was exposed to so much radiation during her life that her notebooks must be kept in lead-lined boxes. They will still be dangerously radioactive for another 1,500+ years.
V8Em TIL Stephen Hawking refuses to upgrade his voice program to a more natural sound because he considers it to be “his own personal voice”
bynQ TIL if Mario was a real person, he would have to run (and swim) 3.4 miles to complete Super Mario Bros.