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TIL Gramin Shakti, a non-profit organization in Bangladesh provided solar panels for 1.5 million homes. 5 years later, the World Bank invested in less than a fraction of that, and received credit for Bangladesh’s solar revolution.

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KoQQ TIL Walt Disney’s mood swings were so unpredictable that employees were advised to call the security guard to see how he was feeling whenever he arrived at the studio. If he was in a particularly bad mood, Walt was said to be wearing his ‘bear suit’.
nW8xo TIL that the highly rated Simpsons Treehouse of Horror V segment The Shinning, was the work of showrunner David Mirkin. Matt Groening himself had never watched The Shining and didn’t understand most of the references.
P1ne TIL: Audio cassette data storage was once so popular in some countries that radio stations would broadcast computer programs that listeners could record and then load into their computer.
jpQQ TIL: Humans are so similar in body structure/genome to baby chimps that scientists now believe humans lost a receptor protein that allowed us to transition from juvenile chimps to adult chimps, leaving us healthier & With larger brain cavities, ultimately allowing us to rise as the superior genus.
jNP1v TIL former NFL player James Brooks was found to be illiterate when he was unable to read court documents after admitting to not paying over $100k in child support. When the judge asked how he graduated from Auburn without being able to read, he said, "Didn't have to go to to class."