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TIL that in China they constructed a building with embedded wind turbines to provide its own power

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dDkPQ TIL During the 17th century Salem witch trials, many of the women accused of witchcraft and burned alive are believed to have suffered from epilepsy and community members misinterpreted seizures as demonic possession.
yVG7l TIL that a group of flamingoes is called a flamboyance.
DQ44Y TIL the last Civil War widow died in 2020.
oBOaE TIL the world's largest war memorial is the Great Ocean Road in Australia. It stretches 243 kilometres along the west coast of Victoria between Torquay and Allansford. It was constructed by returned soldiers from the First World War
ld07 TIL that the Smithsonian had a Little Boy, a near complete nuclear bomb on display until 1986 - they removed it due to fears of the bomb being stolen and detonated.