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TIL Belgium closed its last coal power station in 2016...

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16RAr TIL that due to a former Irish crewman re-stealing his stolen booty, Welsh pirate 'Black Bart' believed all Irish were dishonest. When word got out about Barts prejudice, people he tried to force into piracy would often fake an Irish accent in order to escape a life on the high seas.
GYraN TIL: Singer/songwriter Christopher Cross once filled in on guitar for Ritchie Blackmore at a Deep Purple concert when Ritchie fell ill from a flu shot.
mx57P TIL The 'first recorded murder victim' revealed… from 430,000 years ago. This is the earliest clear case of deliberate, lethal interpersonal aggression in the hominin fossil record, demonstrating that this is an ancient human behaviour
wLy7 TIL: A man received the heart of a suicide victim, married his widow, and years later killed himself on the same day the donor did.
6Er6Y TIL there are glasses that can fix my colorblindness and im too terrified to try them.