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TIL Texas Overtakes California as Leader in Solar Power Installations

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VRbB TIL that Boston Corbett, the man who found and shot John Wilkes Booth, was completely insane from handling mercury as a hatter; this led to him castrating himself with a pair of scissors.
OoW0a TIL there's a monkey masturbating in one of the Harry Potter movies
Z8QMQ TIL the IQ classification scale in 1928 included the phrases ‘Moron’ (50-74), ‘Imbeciles’ (25-49) and ‘Idiots’ (0-24). So calling someone an idiot is actually pretty insulting.
yQjyX TIL that George Washington is the second richest American president in history, worth 580 million when adjusted for inflation.
jgvn TIL that there s a large-ish group of people who call themselves Otherkin who self-identify as animals, real or fictional, and even inanimate objects apparently.