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TIL In Norway, 99% of electricity production is from hydroelectric plants. They plan to increase annual production by 15 terawatt-hours (12%) by 2020 and could double installed capacity if they build new cross-border links to ship the surplus electricity abroad.

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M7JvB TIL there are fresh water jellyfish all over the world
mDO TIL Parts of New York City have a vacuum-driven garbage-collection system that literally sucks trash through pipes under the streets to a central disposal location–and has had it for 35 years.
Wk7YA TIL an entire family was killed by rotting potatoes.
4dGJ TIL that years ago Hulk Hogan missed a call from his agent to sponsor a new indoor grill who then gave it to George Foreman, who was also his client. George Foreman earned nearly $500 million off marketing the grill
4kNbo TIL that Madame Tussaud's skill at making wax replicas of people is what saved her from the French Revolution's Guillotine.