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TIL A North Carolina town banned the use of solar panels because they thought it would “suck up all the energy from the sun”.

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vkD7 TIL that Japanese scientists won IG Nobel Prize for creating a wasabi fire alarm for members of deaf community
xOe1 TIL that Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum, the Emir of Dubai from 1958 to 1990, said of their oil-centric economy: “My grandfather rode a camel, my father rode a camel, I drive a Mercedes, my son drives a Land Rover, his son will drive a Land Rover, but his son will ride a camel.”
5YYk8 TIL In 1982, The Misfits were arrested in New Orleans on charges of grave robbing while looking for Marie Laveau's grave. They bailed themselves out of jail, skipped their court date, and went to play their next show in Florida.
7rBM TIL the movie that holds the record for most uses of the word “fuck” is “Fuck. ” The word is used between nine and ten times per minute for 93 minutes.
8abWa TIL: The Panic of 1873 was known as the "Great Depression" until the events of 1929 and the early 1930s set a new standard.