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TIL There are fossilized plants over 4500 feet beneath the ice sheet in Greenland

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6ExyY TIL Sheep and goats are being used for weed control in difficult to reach areas, and to keep vegetation down from around runways, discouraging wildlife from gathering and causing danger to aircraft. They will eat noxious weeds as an environmentally friendly alternative to herbicides in city parks.
gde8 TIL that the IRS had to use a special computer to process Bill Gates’ taxes because “their normal computers can’t deal with the numbers.”
6EWlQ TIL the island of Ta’u in the American Somoa switched from being 100% diesel powered to 100% solar powered. A 7-acre solar farm capable of withstanding a Cat-5 hurricane supports an island population that fluctuates between 200-600 people year round, depending on the tourism season.
9wY9D TIL that there are official radio adaptations of the Star Wars original trilogy released in 1981, 1983, and 1996 with Mark Hamill and several other stars returning to do the voice acting
8aep8 TIL In Japan sumo wrestlers are not allowed to drive cars.