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TIL the Reagan Administration laughed about the AIDS epidemic during three separate press conferences

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16oBX TIL that watching something at 2x speed does not impair your ability to understand it.
b9wxQ TIL Norway gets 99% of its electric power from hydropower
9dvM TIL a German citizen was mistakenly abducted by the Macedonian police and handed-over to the CIA, who then held him in a black site and interrogated, beat, strip-searched, and sodomized him. When the victim later tried to sue, the case was dismissed as the US government claimed state secrets.
0wvQL TIL while writing Star Wars, George Lucas had an Alaskan Malamute (large dog breed) named Indiana. She went everywhere with him, so this inspired Lucas to give Han Solo a "big, furry" sidekick. She also inspired the name for Indiana Jones... who named himself after the family dog.
YLNB TIL it takes 4 litres of water to make a 1 litre plastic water bottle