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TIL that Japan converts footsteps into renewable energy in Tokyo train stations and use it to power billboards around the city, using special floor boards that turn vibration into energy.

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7aJM TIL 700,000 people in japan that are so far withdrawn from society they do not leave their house. Very interesting article.
4XjXJ TIL whales and dolphins evolved from a meat eating terrestrial cow relative that likely had hooves and a cow-like multi-chambered, ruminant digestive system. Modern Cetaceans still have a ruminant-like digestive system described as a “hybrid” between true carnivores and herbivores.
9wMOD TIL none of Abraham Lincoln's great-grandchildren had any children. His descendants died out in the 1970s-80s.
6EMPQ TIL the chainsaw was invented to help during difficult childbirth; it would be used to cut away parts of the pelvis to make space for the baby.
WX6o TIL that the CIA suspected the KGB of stealing pipeline software, so they allegedly created a “logic bomb” which resulted in the explosion of a Russian natural gas pipeline equal to 3 kilotons of TNT.