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TIL the Ivanpah Solar Power Facility's mirror arrays focus light into beams so powerful that they kill thousands of birds a year, setting them on fire in flight

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W7VA4 TIL that 440 nuclear reactors provide 10% of the worlds total electricity.
XENkD TIL while for decades, it was thought that political conservatives are generally more fearful & threat-sensitive, a new study suggests that they are no more fearful or threat-sensitive than liberals, but instead are scared of different things
a18L TIL Paul Reubens (AKA Pee Wee Herman) asked his father to build him a performance stage when he was five years old and went on to be named president of the National Thespian Society in high school.
x6KVD TIL, a male orca named Tilikum in Orlando sea world involved in three human killings including two trainers.
1bRP TIL a gay Vietnam veteran once said “I got a medal for killing two men and a discharge for loving one”