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TIL - Music artist Akon began an initiative to bring solar power to Africa. The venture has already raised more than $400 million dollars.

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78JeL TIL Since it’s discovery in 1930 Pluto has yet to orbit the sun and won’t until 2178.
gr74L TIL That women in the Etruscan society had a much higher social status than their counterparts in ancient Greece and Rome.
v1oQL TIL about the Australian phatic finger. This is a norm whereby drivers on outback highways (where you can go long periods without seeing another vehicle) will raise their index finger as a friendly gesture of mutual aknowledgement.
PYxRO TIL That Intel created a working version of the "Pipe Dream" Machine from Animusic
6N9J TIL in 1960, a Retired Postal Worker stalked JFK with the intent of assassinating him. On Dec. 11, he was prepared to ram Kennedy with a dynamite-laden 1950 Buick, but changed his mind at the last minute when he decided he didn’t want to hurt Jackie and her children.