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

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gr15D TIL: In a study by SAMHSA, it found that more than 17 million adults in the US had an alcohol use disorder and that the top 5 occupations in alcohol abuse are miners, construction workers, food service workers, lawyers, and doctors.
BgLpb TIL that earlier this year, after 19 years, Tonette Jackson's body was finally identified. Her husband, Hardy, became the face of Katrina victims in 2005 after a heartbreaking interview while he searched for her in the aftermath of the storm.
Wor8 TIL: since 2006 US retail companies have cut 1,000,000 full time positions and added 500,000 part time positions.
J1dd1 TIL: Crypto AG, a Swiss company specializing in encryption, was secretly owned and manipulated by CIA and BND, compromising global communications for decades
KO8aR TIL that at the request of President Truman, Coca-Cola made a special clear version of Coke for Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov, so he could pretend he was drinking vodka rather than an American drink