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TIL data centres use an estimated 200 terawatt hours (TWh) each year. That is more than the national energy consumption of some countries.

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p8dL4 TIL the US Army suppressed a movie on the psychological affects of war on veterans called Let There Be Light. It was made just after WW2 and wasn't released until the 1980s, over 30 years later.
pYE0A TIL Happy Hour Is Banned In These 9 States
oxmW TIL A reddit user, named Alan Schaaf, created imgur. He created it because the available image hosting services sucked at the time.
N70N [TIL] That Robert E. Lee was against slavery.
LDwP TIL the Soviets had made a prototype laser pistol for use by their astronauts. The pistol was deigned to burn a hole through the spacesuits of enemy astronauts, killing them via suffocation and/or explosive decompression.