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TIL that Chevron and General Motors bought the patents for NiMH car batteries and used them to block electric vehicle development in the 90s and 00s

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jNGwM TIL of Lake Chad, which has shrunk by over 90% since the '60s due to poor environmental management. The ecological catastrophe continues to endanger the water supply of 30 million people in West Africa
KOKN4 TIL there are numerous voluntary animal blood banks scattered across the USA and they offer a variety of species' blood such as canine, feline, llama, ovine, and bovine.
1rPd TIL that in Armenia, all children aged 6 and up are taught chess at school, as it is a mandatory part of their curriculum.
D1JxJ TIL the term c-note originated in the 1930s taken from the Roman numeral C (for 100)
vDAD TIL when Biagio complained about the naked figures in the Sistine Chapel, Michelangelo in response, painted him as the judge of the underworld covering is naked body with a snake and donkey ears.