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TIL Biodiesel has the highest energy balance of any fuel. For every one unit of fossil energy needed to produce biodiesel, 3.2 units of energy are gained.

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5YM5p TIL about Karayuki-san, name given to poor young Japanese girls and women who were tricked and trafficked to destinations in East Asia, Russia and British India. The word literally meant 'Ms. Gone Abroad' and in Russian Far East these girls were used on cover missions for intelligence gathering
7rg0O TIL that in 1989, 2 black toddlers vanished from the same play park in New York in the space of 2 months. Before both child disappeared, they were spotted playing with the same brother & sister.
YnbG TIL that in 2006, some guys climbed Britain’s highest mountain and discovered a piano on top of it.
nGLB TIL the song “Everything is Awesome” used in “The Lego Movie” as a satirical criticism of mindless corporation-endorsed pop music won over 12 awards and reached the Top 10 in multiple US and UK charts.
1aM5D TIL Steve Jobs considered taking LSD to be one of the most important occurrences in his entire life