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TIL Texas Overtakes California as Leader in Solar Power Installations

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PYYdw TIL that the Skylab Mutiny was the first and only organized labor protest to happen in space
Z8kxD TIL the FDA considers lube a medical device. (See introduction)
gMDAW TIL Commercial bread contains an ingredient derived from human hair: l-cysteine
5YN5Q TIL Truman Capote wanted Marilyn Monroe to play the film lead role as Holly Golightly in "Breakfast at Tiffany's", but producers instead cast Audrey Hepburn because they feared Monroe would complicate the production. Capote later said the producers "double-crossed me in every way and cast Audrey".
x68bB TIL about the Beekman Arms, America's oldest continuously operating hotel. Its guests include George Washington, Horace Greeley and William Jennings Bryan. FDR held speeches from the front porch