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TIL Akon has been leading the charge to power tribal Africa. Gathering over $1 billion from investors to install utilities, such as 100k street lights, in 480 communities in 15 countries. That’s $75,000 per village on average. Indirectly creating 5500 jobs.

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mxD8x TIL in 2001 Stan Lee was given the opportunity to re-imagine DC's Justice League and he made Batman black, Wonder Woman Hispanic and The Flash a teenage girl.
yVoOX TIL only Kenyan runners have won the Commonwealth Games 3000 metre steeplechase since 1994
a8BEA TIL: There are billions of rogue planets, ranging from Earth to Jupiter massed Planets barreling through our galaxy that were once ejected from their solar system, mainly close orbiting Gas Giants.
ADA1x TIL that Paris, France, was the first western capital to have a black mayor (1879)
w9W6 TIL of Jeanette Rankin, the first female member of congress and the only person to vote “Nay” to go to war with Japan in ‘41. Many requested she change her vote but she refused. After the vote, an angry mob followed her from the Capitol building, forcing her to take refuge in a telephone booth.