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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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rNyMy TIL in 1892 Edward Doheny couldn't pay his rent when his daughter died followed by his wife committing suicide. He borrowed money and devised a drilling system using a tree and drilled the first oil wells in Los Angeles becoming an oil tycoon. The movie There Will Be Blood is loosely based on him.
m1RGP TIL songwriter Jim Steinman won a court case preventing Meat Loaf from covering one of his songs after the singer claimed it was promised to him and was "furious" when it became a hit for Celine Dion. Meat Loaf would later say the power ballad "was about me and Jim Steinman"
n5RG TIL there’s a giant underground cavern in Japan filled with distilled water and light sensors, used to detect subatomic particles called neutrinos.
9YvQQ TIL Chimpanzees in West Africa have entered their own Stone Age: they have been using stone tools for generations.
4XQxN TIL that during World War II, M&Ms were exclusively sold to the U.S. military. The candies were heat-resistant and easy-to-transport, perfect for American soldiers’ rations.