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

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NXQKJ TIL about the birthday effect, a statistical phenomenon where an individual's likelihood of death appears to increase on or close to their birthday. It has been suggested that it is a statistics anomaly, but the birthday effect has been seen in studies that control for known anomalies.
16lnW TIL about Harvey Balls, a type of visual shorthand for conveying qualitative information that is often used in rating systems
QJyZe TIL that Australia is the only continent with more venomous snakes than there are non-venomous ones.
NXp9N TIL that if you laid out an adult's circulatory system, the blood vessels would total over 60,000 miles. That equals more than twice around the world.
WxjX TIL in 1975, a 15-year-old girl was beaten to death, with the primary suspects in the murder being Kennedy-Cousins Thomas and Michael Skakel. Although Michael Skakel was overheard in 1978 stating, “I’m going to get away with murder. I’m a Kennedy”, it was not until 2002 that he was convicted.