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TIL Using programming to model entire wind farms and account for the wake of individual turbines increases energy production over all.

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xaM0 TIL North Korea is the only country where the possession, sale, and cultivation of cannabis is completely legal.
eWwE TIL that the term “Hunky Dory” probably came from the Japanese phrase “Honcho Dori” which means “main street”, meaning it is the real deal.
8e7L8 TIL in 2005 the US Navy conducted a test called SinkEx on how an enemy might sink one of its Supercarriers could. After four weeks of firing, the carrier remained and had to be sunk by hand-placed explosives
R5N69 TIL that the myth of the "Seven Sisters" told throughout the world is believed to have originated over 100,000 years ago, due to the movements of the constellation that it is based on.
R7Pl6 TIL - Mr. Brightside has spent 235 weeks in the UK top 100 since its release in 2004. Over 16 years later its still at 94 in the chart.