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TIL that a 14 year old boy from Malawi built a windmill for his home and figured out on his own how to harness the power from the windmill to have electricity and pumping water in his house.

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OoEr6 TIL The largest fire in California's history was caused by a man trying to plug a wasp's nest with a stake and hammer
6QwX TIL the US Marine Corps is older than the United States itself, predating the Declaration of Independence by a year
KOo44 TIL: Mountain stone wētā can survive being frozen solid over winter. They can survive up to 17 days in temperatures of about -10 °C. At temperatures below -10 °C, approximately 85% of their body water is crystallized, one of the highest ice contents known for any animal.
lRaa TIL that the average age that someone starts watching hardcore pornography is 11. Also, 4 out of 5 16-year-olds regularly access porn.
N7ZZJ TIL in 1956, the American Legion hall in Roanoke, Virginia spontaneously desegregated during a Fats Domino concert, where approximately 2,000 whites, crowded on an undersized balcony, migrated to the main (blacks only) dance floor.