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TIL that the regional hospital in Sundsvall, Sweden, is cooled year-round with stored snow from the winter months, reducing energy consumption for cooling by over 90%

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dByr TIL of Andy George, a man who spent 6 months hand growing and raising every ingredient to make a sandwich. After a rough cost of $1,500, he says it was the pickles and mayo that threw off the final product.
8e44 TIL that Chevy Chase and Anderson Cooper are cousins.
rNXgd TIL Kodak patented the digital camera in 1978 but didn't release it until years later
b9Qm7 TIL that Jet Tila made the world's largest stir fry.
xVYZo TIL about the French Paradox: people who had bad habits, such as consumption of lots of fatty foods, chronic smoking, etc, lived longer in some towns of Burgundy than people in other towns. Why? - They were drinking more burgundy grapes that absorbed an antioxidant molecule produced by mushrooms.