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TIL Texas produces the most renewable energy in the US

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Y7yJG TIL the Ancient Egyptian Religion outlived the (Western) Roman Empire. Worship continued at the Philae Temple Complex until AD 537, more than sixty years after the Fall of Rome.
kOovW TIL that one man fathered nearly 500 children as a result of many men being dead or left unable to reproduce after World War One in postwar Britain
bJJN TIL in 1971, a woman petitioned a Judge for permission to sterilize her “somewhat retarded” daughter. Without a hearing, evidence, or representation for the daughter, the judge granted permission. The daughter later tried to sue the judge, but the Supreme Court voted 5-3 to grant the judge immunity.
mMGx TIL: It Is Possible To Only Have High Blood Pressure In The Doctor’s Office And It Is Called “White Coat Syndrome”
wLdg6 TIL in 2012, Jazz FM accidentally aired 5 minutes of pornography. A member of staff had been watching porn at his desk, and had accidentally left the audio of his studio computer linked to a computer on the broadcast console.