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TIL In some parts of the US it’s already cheaper to build new solar power plants than it is to continue operating existing coal plants, and prices are only projected to continue falling

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09ZA TIL there are documents that state that Pope Pius XII tried to perform an exorcism on Hitler at a distance, but failed.
LAQm TIL Jehovah’s Witnesses teach that Satan and his demons were cast down to earth from heaven 100 years ago today: October 1, 1914
KOoGG TIL: Godzilla's roar was created by dragging a resin-coated leather glove along the loosened strings of a double bass.
9wJbm TIL that blood donation was segregated in USA, and initially excluded African-American donors. It was not until 1950 that the Red Cross stopped requiring the segregation of so-called N. blood. And it was not until the late 1960s and early 1970s that Southern states overturned similar requirements
8eM18 TIL, Tupac and Michael Jackson almost collaborated on a song but it fell through when Jackson failed to show up to the studio session