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TIL that Bavaria has more installed solar capacity than in the entire United States.

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vPYm8 TIL that the first use of the phrase "son-of-a-bitch" in American literature was in the 1823 book "Seventy-Six" by John Neal about the American Revolutionary War. Seventy-Six was criticized at the time for its use of profanity and was noted for its use of colloquialisms.
pWRG TIL that compared with the 1960s, U.S. women have in 2000s spent two to three hours longer in labor, according to researchers at the U.S. National Institutes of Health, who said the findings suggest doctors may need to rethink the definition of “normal” labor
ne8bW TIL that in 1981 10 million Poles (1/3rd of working people) joined the trade union Solidarność forcing communist goverment into democratic elections.
wLM5J TIL Elephant's Foot, in Room 215 of the Chernobyl Nuclear Plant, a mass of corium and other materials formed, creating an foot like shape (hence the time), In the 80s it had enough radiation built up in it that it could kill you in 5 minutes, as the radiation was insanely powerful.
woYj1 TIL Hirsoshima, Japan is one of the few places outside of the US that celebrates Martin Luther King Jr day, due to his outspoken views on nuclear nonproliferation and disarmament.