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TIL 50% of Germany’s energy production is solar power

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90jQ TIL that a father and son were matched against each other in the National Scrabble Championship. The father won by playing “DEFEATED” as his last word.
rZxM TIL that after the Columbine High School massacre, Marilyn Manson trademarked his stage name so he could issue cease and desist orders to silence media who were wrongly blaming him for inspiring the killers
R7586 TIL that the Michelin Guide, suspended during WWII, was reprinted for the Allies as it was deemed to have the most up-to-date maps.
PoYE TIL “The Great Smog” of London, UK was a severe air pollution event that lasted 5 days and killed an estimated 12,000 people in December of 1952.
7rlKp TIL that the “You Think I’m Funny?” scene in Goodfellas was based off of Joe Pesci’s real life. Scorsese allowed Pesci & Liotta to improvise the scene. He did not tell the other actors in the scene what would happen because he wanted their genuine surprised reactions.