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TIL that there is a bladeless wind turbine that is smaller, lighters and more that 40% more cost effective than its bladed cousins. It sits on an oscillating base and uses vortexes to “trap” air to make electricity. Best of all, it is almost completely bird-safe.

690pm TIL while on safari, Hemingway survived 2 plane crashes one day apart. The 2nd caught fire & he had to smash open the door with his head, causing extensive burns & skeletal injuries. He was presumed dead until he walked out of the jungle "in high spirits", carrying bananas and a bottle of gin.
pY7bG TIL: Wham! was the 1st western pop act to ever perform in China, documenting the trip in the movie Wham! in China: Foreign Skies. Before the duo took the stage in Beijing, Chinese officials warned the audience that dancing was forbidden and then hauled away anyone caught dancing during the concert.
X0a6P TIL the original Holes screenplay by Donnie Darko writer Richard Kelly was a dystopian, R-rated thriller set in a post-nuclear world. It had no Kissin’ Kate or yellow-spotted lizards, and The Warden was a male totalitarian figure. Disney rejected it for being too dark and political.
Y7yJG TIL the Ancient Egyptian Religion outlived the (Western) Roman Empire. Worship continued at the Philae Temple Complex until AD 537, more than sixty years after the Fall of Rome.
VMy6Q TIL: Kookaburras are born with a hook in their upper beak which is specifically for murdering their siblings.