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TIL Transparent glass solar panels are already a reality

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GYPyQ TIL Bhutan is smoking-free, carbon-negative country that passes no law unless it improves citizens' well-being
0wmyA TIL about "Ludonarrative dissonance," which is a term used to describe when a video game's narrative conflicts with its gameplay. As an example, in BioShock, the theme of self-interest comes through its gameplay while promoting the opposing theme of selflessness through its narrative.
awJkL TIL Spider-Man could have been a fly. Stan Lee said "I saw a fly crawling on a wall. And I said, 'Boy, it would be great if I could get a superhero who could stick to walls like an insect.'" He considered "Insect Man, Fly Man, Stick-to-Wall Man, Mosquito Man... none of them sounded good enough."
XJBD TIL: NYC had to recall pencils with the message “Too Cool to Do Drugs” on them. As they were sharpened, they’d say “Cool to Do Drugs” and “Do Drugs”, etc.
BYBe TIL when filming Return of the Jedi, Carrie Fischer would get quite concerned for Warrick Davis, who was only 11 years old at the time, being in that hot Ewok suit, so she would have chocolate milk and cookies ready for him whenever they took a brake