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TIL the world's largest hydroelectric dam is being built in the Congo River. It could generate 40,000 megawatts of energy and provide 40% of Africa's electricity

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Z04a TIL that the ACA mandates that women’s birth control be free, but explicitly denies the same benefits to men; making tubal litigation free for women, but charging thousands for vasectomies.
WPeL TIL: The original 1983 V miniseries was inspired by the 1935 novel It Couldn’t Happen Here but with American fascists replaced by an alien occupying force to make it easier to market.
4XbV5 TIL that in the 2000 Presidential campaign Michael Moore got Alan Keyes, a Republican candidate, to join a mosh pit to Rage Against the Machine
6gdW TIL that Gene Roddenberry, the creator of Star Trek, resisted an effort by network executives to put a Christian chaplain on the crew of the Enterprise
Wa1B TIL the Domino’s launched an ad campaign in 2009 where they pointed out that their pizza wasn’t the best it could be, and that they wanted another chance. As a result, the company had one of the biggest turnarounds in its industry in history.