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TIL there’s a plan to transition the US to 100% renewable energy by 2050

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M7NBW TIL that Bell Labs, a research company that has contributed to many significant inventions, including transistors, lasers and solar cells, and whose work has been awared nine Nobel Prizes, is currently owned by Nokia
g9y8 TIL It takes a native English speaker 23-24 weeks to become proficient in Spanish but 88 weeks to become proficient in Chinese, Japanese, Arabic, or Korean.
4XMY6 TIL while the average American musician made $35k in 2017, only $21,300 of that was generated from music-related ventures, and 61% of surveyed musicians said that "music-related income is not sufficient to meet their living expenses.".
wENE TIL In Victorian times bottles were used to collect tears with a special stopper that allowed the tears to evaporate. When the tears were gone the mourning period was over.
0gj1 TIL held in farts enter your bloodstream