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TIL the small country of Costa Rica ran 300 days out of 100% renewable energy

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lomxG TIL that people with dry earwax carry a version of gene ABC11 that prevents their armpits from producing a strong odor.
OG69R TIL scientists have confirmed that the largest body of water in the known universe is 12 billion years old. It surrounds a quasar, and has the equivalent of 140 trillion times all the water in the world’s ocean.
p8R7Q TIL that the chemical element Berkelium is named after the University of California, Berkeley, which is named after the city of Berkeley, which is named after the philosopher George Berkeley, who, ironically, believed that the physical world does not actually exist.
QNdNX TIL the U.S. Air Force is the world's largest air force, while the U.S. Navy is the world's second largest air force
nJVr TIL Eric Clapton said some very racist things. “This is England, this is a white country, we don’t want any black wogs and coons living here. We need to make clear to them they are not welcome. England is for white people, man. We are a white country. I don’t want f*****g wogs living next to me.”