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TIL Rapper Akon has brought solar electricity to over 1 million Africans, and counting

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aDXN TIL that Unicorns are mentioned in the Bible.
wLaD8 TIL during the Han dynasty, unmarried women and their families had to pay a special tax for their singleness. On the other hand, women with babies didn't have to pay taxes for three years and their husbands didn't have to pay taxes for one year.
5VBoB TIL 4 oz. (110 grams) of apricot kernels contain the lethal dosage of cyanide.
dDKyd TIL there's an Irish Pub at base camp Mt. Everest that's dubbed the "highest and most remote Irish pub in the world"
vPmmR TIL that the Germans invaded Norway off of maps from a tourist guidebook. Hitler gave the commanding ground general less than eight hours to plan the invasion so the general picked up a guidebook at a nearby stationary store. Norway resisted for 61 days - the longest of any German defeated nation.