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TIL: Compressed air is used as a battery substitute by some utility companies.

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OokZY TIL A proposal was made to start an Atomic Priesthood whose devil is buried nuclear waste to keep track of
9Y1Z6 TIL that Foxconn factories manufactured an estimated 40% of all consumer electronics sold worldwide. This includes BlackBerry, iPad, iPhone 11, iPod, Kindle, Nintendo 3DS, Nokia devices, Xiaomi devices, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, Wii U, Xbox 360, Xbox One, and several CPU sockets.
e0MGJ TIL of The Eleusinian Mysteries: Secret religious ancient Greek rites held annually for some two millennia (starting in 1600 B.C.) at the temple of Demeter. To this day, the controversy puzzles historians; all details were marked by a sworn oath of secrecy by the initiated and vanished through time.
R7Mlw TIL there is rare genetic variation (SNP rs121912617) that allows people to sleep 2 hours less a night with no ill effects.
pxwZ TIL Your brain can actually create false memories and that some of those times when you believe yourself to be completely correct in something is a sign of this effect.