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TIL that China's Ultra High Voltage "Electricity Highway" project spans 40,000 km: one second of power transmission over 1500km away is enough to sustain a household for two years

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gMKrX TIL about a mega-colony of Argentine Ants spanning 6 continents and 1000s of miles territory including Japan, California and the Mediterranean coast. It is the largest inter-related colony ever discovered and rivals humans in its global scale
Q48e TIL that reloading in Golden Eye for N64 was originally going to be accomplished by removing and reinserting the rumble pack like an ammunition magazine.
woNxY TIL that sheep are naturally born with long tails
QNrj9 TIL there is no evidence that Victorian doctors gave women orgasms to cure hysteria or that they invented the vibrator to help with this task
w07o TIL of the Green children of Woolpit; a brother and sister with green skin who appeared by an English village and spoke in an unknown language.