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TIL that the first country in the world to run off completely green energy was costa rica.

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LRpV TIL Christian Bale’s stepmother, Gloria Steinham, was a feminist who protested the 1991 publication of the novel, American Psycho, due to its portrayal of violence toward women. In 2000, Bale went on to star as the title character of the novel’s film adaption.
X0grD TIL that laughter diminished the secretion of the body's stress hormones, cortisol and epinephrine, while enhancing immune response and boosts secretion of growth hormone, an enhancer of these same key immune responses
BZaL TIL That Hans Gruber’s facial reaction to falling from the Nakotami Plaza in Die Hard was genuine. He was dropped a full second before he expected.
xVwOg TIL, as of 2020, the Sega Dreamcast still gets new releases
N7ZpP TIL the single police officer of the regional town Birdsville, NSW (population: 100) patrols an area larger than Britain.