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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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OGbY TIL that P-47 pilots could destroy Tiger tanks by ricocheting their bullets off the ground and through the unarmored bottom of the tank.
7rx8p TIL that the Mantis Shrimp has one of the best eyesights in the animal kingdom. It’s hexnocular vision is so powerful that it sees six images at once, sees in 12 colors, and can polarize its own light. Scientists are now modeling its capabilities to detect cancer and internal injuries in humans.
wkVM TIL it is estimated that at any given time, 0.7% of the world’s population is drunk. That means about 50 million people are drunk right now.
oByR8 TIL After ordering multiple massacres, Zhang Xianzhong had his few remaining loyal servants carve a stele to explain his actions. The stele read: "Heaven Brings Forth Numerous Things to Nurture Man. Man Has Nothing Good With Which To Recompense Heaven. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill. Kill."
yydw TIL That a driver in Japan raced and outdrove a collapsing tunnel he was driving through, in his WRX RA.