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TIL Hawaii has the highest share of petroleum use in the United States, with about 62% of electricity coming from oil in 2017. As of 2016, 26.6% of electricity was from renewable sources, including solar, wind, hydro and geothermal.

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xVK5D TIL That when attending Comic Con 2013, Bryan Cranston disguised himself by wearing a mask of Walter White over his own face. People told him he sounded like Bryan Cranston, but didn’t realise it was him. The charade only ended when he removed the mask at the Breaking Bad panel.
69L7Y TIL that in 1977, a man named Jerry Ehman discovered a strong narrowband radio signal from outer space while working on the SETI project. Dubbed the "Wow! Signal" for the note he wrote on the printout, it remains one of the best candidates for extraterrestrial communication.
ZpMaG TIL that the first computer bug was literally a moth which got trapped inside a computer and caused it to go berserk
X0GR TIL that nearly the entire student body and faculty of Ole Miss joined the Confederate Army during the Civil War, and suffered a 100% casualty rate.
XjpR TIL that one night comedian Artie Lange tried to commit suicide by drinking a bottle of bleach, stabbing himself in the stomach nine times, and slitting his own wrists…and survived