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TIL there is something called the 1% rule: 99% of people online lurk while only 1% actively upload content.

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90dM TIL that Germany aims to abandon fossil fuels by 2050 and generate 100% of its electricity from renewable energy sources.
rbBM TIL the NHL was started because five of the six team owners in the National Hockey Association didn’t like the sixth guy and wanted to start a league without him.
oBD0o TIL souls were typically depicted as female in traditional Christian art, whether or not the person was female.
w5Jo TIL to confirm a pope’s death, a high ranking cardinal taps the pope’s head three times with a silver hammer while saying his birth name three times.
OAjR TIL there was once a teenage contestant thrown out of the 2012 National Scrabble Championships because he was found to be concealing two blank tiles.