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TIL Norway gets 99% of its electric power from hydropower

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rRrj1 TIL that some dogs won't eat food while their owners are away due to separation anxiety
wLvM TIL that Bhutan issued a stamp in 1973 that played the national anthem of Bhutan when placed on a record player
pYe4b TIL Duke Kahanamoku was not only a 5-time Olympic medalist in swimming, but also a pioneering surfer who is credited with popularizing surfing around the world. Later in life Kahanamoku was elected to serve as the Sheriff of Honolulu, Hawaii from 1932 to 1961.
l7Ebr TIL France forced Haiti to pay billions in reparations for the privilege of being free, so Haiti had to take loans from a french bank, it took 122 years to pay off that debt
6W88 TIL that an American former prisoner of war spotted a brutal Japanese official from the POW camp shopping at Sears in Los Angeles in 1946. The official, a US citizen, was subsequently the last person convicted of treason in the US to date.