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TIL Texas produces the most renewable energy in the US
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TIL Nord Kamal Mosque in Norilsk, Russia is the most northerly-situated mosque in the world. Norilsk's minaret tower, which is generally supposed to have a round shape, has a square base, because in such walls, the bricks do not freeze and they are more resistant to wind loads
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TIL that Al Pacino was coached by boxer Roberto Duran, in helping him portray the character Tony Montana for Scarface.
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TIL that Buddy Holly is the reason Elton John wears glasses. He started wearing glasses at 13 to imitate Holly. Eight months later they had done so much damage to his eyes that he actually needed glasses.
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TIL the the color "mummy brown" was made from ground up Egyptian mummies. This was true up until the mid 20th century.
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TIL about psychologist George M. Stratton who invented the upside down goggles and used it to prove that human brain can adapt to the inverted vision. He wore them for 7 days and felt weird until the last day that he adapted until he took them off and felt strange again for several hours.