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TIL: China uses 515% more coal a year than the US - Coal Usage By Country

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l0yV TIL: there had been a “thirty years war” between Scientology and the IRS. Scientology Won
Y1xr TIL that the Marines in Aliens were asked to read Robert A. Heinlein’s novel Starship Troopers and undergo military training before the shoot.
RK11 TIL Canadian Thanksgiving was the original Thanksgiving. The first one was celebrated by Martin Frobisher in 1578, who wanted to praise god that he survived his expedition to search for the Northwest Passage.
78Z1p TiL: Drop Foot, or Foot Drop, is a pretty fucked up thing and i am going through it. Any thoughts on prognosis/healing process is very welcome.
reLW TIL of Jacob Haugaard, a Danish comedian who ran for parliament as a joke and was actually elected in 1994. Among his outrageous proposals, he actually made Nutella part of a soldiers field rations.