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TIL Norway gets 99% of its electric power from hydropower

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KYV7a TIL that Ohio's state motto is "With God, all things are possible". In 1958, Jimmy Mastronardo (10 years old) noticed that Ohio was the only one of the 48 US states without a motto. He got 18,000 signatures on a petition and persuaded the state legislature to pass a bill and the governor to sign it.
e0ang TIL According to Josephus (80 AD), a Roman soldier lifted his robe, showed his bare ass to an audience of Jews and farted. This caused a riot. Roman leader Cumunus called in reinforcements. Up to 10,000 people died.
W7Omo TIL that nearly 1 billion adults worldwide are estimated to have sleep apnea, with most cases going undiagnosed.
XVd6 TIL Stephen Hawking’s wife cheated on him with a guy in her church choir then Hawking left her for his nurse/ the ex-wife of the guy who designed his voice box.
Ypp0r TIL of the death of MI6 spy Gareth Williams. Who was found dead, locked inside a bag in the bath. Police ruled the cause of death was suicide despite no fingerprints or DNA being found. A former KGB agent has since said he was killed by Russian hitmen after refusing to become a double agent.