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TIL The town Santa Rita do Sapucai in Brazil powers its streetlights by having convicts pedal bicycles attached to generators.

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v15Ej TIL that Fibonacci found the mathematical methods of Indians (Hindus) as the most effective, & all other methods almost erroneous. In his book "Liber Abaci", he refers to the Fibonacci series simply as the "Indian series" and loved Indian Math so much that he called himself an "Indian Mathematician"
M7YZa TIL the Aztecs regarded childbirth as a form of battle. Women who died during childbirth were thought to rise to one of the highest heavens - the same one as for male warriors who died in battle.
GYYlJ TIL if you spent one day on each island in Finland it would take you 960,000 days or ~2,630 years
mVZP TIL the cougar holds the Guinness record for the animal with the highest number of names, with over 40 in English alone.
YpVNx TIL that a dolphin and false killer whale can mate and create a hybrid ‘wolphin’