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TIL there are electric charging stations all along the Trans Canada Highway, making it the world’s longest electric vehicle highway at 10,125 km

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LXe9 TIL Oil consumption is now below 1995 levels and the US is moving away from oil
Z860o TIL that the first recorded use of the term "chips" to describe fried potatoes was in Charles Dicken's classic novel "A Tale of Two Cities"
beVN TIL baseball player Roberto Clemente died in a plane crash on New Year’s Eve 1972 while trying to deliver food and relief supplies to earthquake victims in Nicaragua. He had exactly 3,000 hits in his professional career.
D1Lwv TIL Water towers aren't for storing water; putting the water higher up pressurizes it, making it easier to distribute.
ZE7a TIL A man spent 4 years in jail for plotting to kill Sherriff Joe Arpaio with a pipe bomb. After investigation it was discovered to be an elaborate publicity stunt, with Maricopa police supplying the bomb parts to the man.