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TIL North Korea is sitting on $6 trillion in mineral resources.

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Lk5Xr TIL that the revolving restaurant on top of the Seattle space needle weighs 125 tons. A 1.5 hp motor is the only energy needed to achieve this because the restaurant is perfectly balanced
LkQgm TIL the Christmas songs: 'Here Comes Santa Claus', 'Frosty the Snowman' and 'Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer' were all performed by the same person, Gene Autry, within 3 years of each other (1948-1950).
p8Pvb TIL that Michigan has a reservoir that works as a giant battery. It pumps up water from Lake Michigan at night using off peak power. When there is high electrical demand the water is released to produce hydroelectric power.
P4Kn TIL that the Great Pacific Garbage Patch is one of many “trash islands” floating in our oceans. The GPGP alone contains nearly 3.5 million tons of trash which is mostly bits of plastic.
ovm8 TIL The Philadelphia Police Department fired over 10,000 rounds and dropped a bomb on a house in West Philly on May 13, 1985. The bomb caught fire and burned down 65 homes, anyone attempting to escape the fire was shot at by police. 6 adults and 5 children were killed, only 2 people survived.