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TIL the power used for Bitcoin mining is comparable to Ireland’s electricity consumption.

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b6PJ9 TIL that David Lynch's homages to "The Wizard of Oz" in his films (like "Wild at Heart") were ways to echo his obsession: “There is not a day that goes by that I don’t think about ‘The Wizard of Oz,'" he said in 2001 at a New York Film Festival Q&A.
KYyx4 TIL Antarctica has 8 churches
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