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TIL There are too many fossil-fuel power plants to meet climate goal of 1.5 C.

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Me8wA TIL there is a Filipino carpenter who has been voluntarily crucified every year since 1985 on Good Friday. He drives four-inch nails into both hands and feet and is then lifted on a wooden cross for around five minutes.
9waM TIL Sperm whale oil was still a key component in automatic transmission fluid until 1972!
1VKV TIL a new breed of dog was created in the 70’s by breeding huskies down to toy size. The Alaskan Klee Kai.
rR11w TIL of a bus shelter on the isle of Unst, in Shetland. The bus shelter was to be removed, but a seven-year-old boy wrote a letter asking for it to stay, as he stored his bike there when he went to school. The bus stop is now decorated with a new theme yearly by local residents - anonymously.
KjyR TIL that the smallest living bird is nary larger than a bee and weighs less than a single US penny