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TIL Tesla runs an entire island on solar power. The island of Ta'u in American Samoa used to consume 300 gallons of diesel fuel daily to run generators, fuel that had to be bought and shipped, but Tesla’s solar panels and power packs provide 6 megawatt-hours of energy storage

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17aO TIL Neslte paid doctors and nurses in developing countries in the 1970’s to promote their baby formula over breast-feeding, leading to the deaths of thousands of infants.
9nG7 TIL: Forest fires can create lightning
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