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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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41EX TIL the word “sanction” is an auto-antonym, a word with two contradicting meanings. It means both to approve of an action, and to penalize for an offense.
9LOX TIL That getting into a romantic relationship on average pushes two friends out of your inner social circle
yQJDp TIL Princess Elisabeth of Hesse was royal in England, Russia and Germany. She and her husband were murdered by Russian Revolutionaries. Her body was buried in Russia, then moved to Beijing, China and is now buried in a Russian Orthodox Church in Jerusalem.
Gm01 TIL that Paris Metro trains drive on the right rather than the left and its tunnels are narrower than main-line ones in order to prevent it from being absorbed into the national railway network
1a968 TIL in 1869, three days into his new presidency, President Grant revoked two pardons given by President Johnson. The two unpardoned men challenged it in federal court and lost.