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TIL that from 1929 to 1955, the chairman of the NAACP was a Caucasian man named Walter White.

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enZn TIL the movie with the greatest discrepancy between Rotten Tomatoes’ critics rating and audience rating is “Boondock Saints,” with a difference of 76 points. It received 17% and 93%, respectively.
WkKDo TIL Hawaii has the highest share of petroleum use in the United States, with about 62% of electricity coming from oil in 2017. As of 2016, 26.6% of electricity was from renewable sources, including solar, wind, hydro and geothermal.
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