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TIL that the Hoover Dam can not generate electricity if the elevation of Lake Mead’s water level drops below 320m. In 2016, it reached 326m, down from a high of 370 in the 1980s.

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p8knA TIL Larry Hillblom, the H of DHL, regularly took "sex safari" trips to Asia to prey on underage girls. When he died in a plane crash, 4 of the illegitimate children he fathered were able to claim $50 million each from his estate.
Wj68 TIL chemical engineer Dave Whitlock hasn’t bathed in more than 12 years. Instead, the MIT graduate sprays himself with live bacteria and is working with AOBiome, a company that uses naturally occurring bacteria in skin-care products to clean and eliminate odor and sweat.
By1d TIL the Royal Navy executed an admiral for not trying hard enough, despite being brave and loyal. This inspired Voltaire’s quip “it is good to kill an admiral from time to time, in order to encourage the others”.
69RX7 TIL the most expensive error banknote is a US $20 bill with a Del Monte fruit sticker stuck to it that sold for $396K in 2021. It was discovered in 2003 when a college student got it from an ATM & sold it online for $10K. Experts believe the sticker was likely placed deliberately by a bored employee
gMbRy TIL that actress and comedian Katherine Ryan got fired from a college job at Hooters because she wrote "club sandwiches not seals" on the lunch board