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TIL that according to the DoE, if subsidies are taken away Wind and Hydro are the cheapest forms of generating electricity

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ZlX4 TIL that Douglas Adams, author of the Hitchhiker’s guide was a guitarist and a friend of David Gilmour from Pink Floyd, and Adams played for Pink Floyd in their Earls Court concert in 1994. Adams played the guitar in the songs “Brain Damage” and “Eclipse”.
v1JMD TIL that a Japanese company gave its non-smoking employees 6 extra vacation days
4X4R6 Today I learned that each train car of coal loses up to 3% of its load, a literal ton of coal, as dust when it is traveling from the mine to the power plant.
ANrY4 TIL that coca-cola was banned in Portugal because the man who wrote the slogan made people think the product was a drug.
1oGd TIL Peta Kills About 85% of the Animals They “Save”