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TIL the 5 largest power stations in the world are all hydroelectric

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meop TIL that the current US Postmaster General started out as a letter carrier 30 years ago, gradually working her way up to the 2nd highest-paid job in the US government
wRko TIL In 1984, a 1-year-old received a heart transplant from a baboon but ended up dying 21 days later due to rejection. When questioned with why a baboon and not a primate more closely related to humans, the surgeon said he didn’t believe in evolution.
looDa TIL That these guys prolly died to cover up the pedo ring the LAPD are investigating
ok0R TIL Emperor Claudius’ third wife, Valeria Messalina, was a nymphomaniac. According to ancient historians, she once competed with a prostitute to see who could have the most sexual partners in a night.
9BnX TIL when Spanish explorers first tried to talk to the Mayans they said “Uic athan,” which is ‘We don’t understand’ in their language. This misunderstanding gave the Yucatan Peninsula its name