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TIL there is a community in Canada that has achieved 97% of their heating through solar power.

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v1Jo8 TIL that Ronald Reagan was so indelibly type-cast as the 'great loser' in films that when Jack Warner, movie magnate and his longtime employer, was first apprised of the actor's ambition to run for Governor of California, he protested: "No, Jimmy Stewart for Governor. Ronald Reagan for Best Friend."
pvQG TIL In Wisconsin in 1907 a mother spanked her child who had dynamite in his back pocket, exploding him and tearing her fingers off.
j696X TIL: The ruins of Diocletian's Palace became shelter for the few remaining civilized people after the fall of the Roman Empire, taking advantage of the palace's robust walls from Barbarian raids. Over time it turned into the city of Split, as people settled and built homes inside the palace walls.
p8894 TIL Chrysler once made a motorcycle out of a Doge Viper V-10 engine. The top speed was estimated to be 400 mph.
loxV7 TIL John Steinbeck’s dog, Toby, ate his manuscript of Of Mice and Men. There was no other draft. Steinbeck said of the incident, “I was pretty mad but the poor little fellow may have been acting critically. I didn’t want to ruin a good dog for a ms (manuscript), I’m not sure is good at all.”