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TIL Texas Overtakes California as Leader in Solar Power Installations

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8evQK TIL that on 29th November 1976 Grand Canyon Airlines Flight N4125R crashed into the Grand Canyon. Killing all occupants on board. Investigations determined that the cause of the crash was the result of an unrestrained German Shepard taking control of the plane.
xl0g TIL Whaling is illegal in Oklahoma, even though there aren’t any
PYKRw TIL Eliza Jumel wife of Aaron Burr(3rd VP of the USA who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel) hired Alexander Hamilton Jr. as her divorce lawyer. Alexander Hamilton Jr.'s mom's name was Eliza as well. His wife was also named Eliza. Oh and he had a sister named Eliza.
PYeEZ TIL that the current CEO of Toyota, Akio Toyoda, is the great grandson of Sakichi Toyoda, who is known as the father of the Japanese Industrial Revolution thanks to his invention of the power loom that implemented the principle of Jidoka, meaning the machine stops itself when a problem occurs.
wDoo TIL That the 1937 Soviet census committee was arrested for “sabotage” and records were destroyed after they showed a mere 162 million citizens, an increase of 1.5 mil since 1930, rather than the expected 185+ million. It is now used to estimate the # of Stalins victims.