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TIL the entire continent of Africa has a smaller GDP than France

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GAKW5 TIL that increasing the wind speed by 2x increases the wind power available by 8x
Y76Gv TIL that a Manchester teenager created several online personas to persuade his closest friend to attempt his murder. Making legal history in the UK by being the first individual charged with inciting their own murder.
b6eL4 TIL that in 1986, Motörhead broke records by hitting 130 decibels in concert. The music was so loud that it damaged the ceiling of Cleveland’s Variety Theater.
W9gd TIL at the 1945 Postdam Conference, Churchill, Roosevelt & Stalin couldn’t agree on who should enter the door to the meeting room first. After much debate, they settled on an agreeable plan: They switched to a different room so they could enter at precisely the same time using 3 separate doors.
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