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TIL Ocean thermal energy conversion, a technology invented at the end 19th century, has the potential to satisfy twice the global electricity demand without affecting the temperature of the ocean or the world’s environment.

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LQLPd TIL The novel Maltese Falcon got its name from the tribute of one falcon per year that the Knight Hospitallers, a Catholic military order founded during the crusade, had to provide to the monarchs of Sicily in exchange for getting the island of Malta. It went on continuously from 1530 to 1798.
Pj8O TIL that bananas are actually a berry, and the banana “tree” isn’t a tree at all, rather it’s an herb.
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