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

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kx5E TIL that patients with Bipolar disorder, even “rapid cycling” are affected by one episode for weeks/months at a time. Therefore, someone who is “manic” in the morning and “depressed” in the evening is not Bipolar.
VMEkQ TIL A retired electrical engineer named Bruce Campbell had an old Boeing 727 delivered to the woods near Portland, OR and converted it to his home where he lives full time
J1Xm8 TIL that on April 28th, 1988 the roof of an Aloha Airlines jet ripped off at 24,000 feet mid-air. Clarabella Lansing , a flight attendant, was the only fatality. She was swept out of the airplane near the 5th row seats. Her body was never found .
epAob TIL: The United States of America has more Olympic gold medals than any other country has total medals
erlk TIL Tattoos consist of pigment particles suspended in the skin that are permanent because they are too big to be removed by the body. Laser treatment causes tattoo pigment particles to heat up and fragment into smaller pieces. These smaller pieces are then removed by normal body processes.