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9wyRB TIL that the world's first solar power plant was built in Maadi, Egypt in 1913 by American engineer Frank Shuman
5YarP TIL that the 'bullet time' effect made famous by The Matrix was first used in a Smirnoff commercial directed by Michel Gondry.
rRkQx TIL Juan Luis Trescastro allegedly shot Federico del Sagrado Corazón de Jesús García Lorca in the ass for being gay during Spanish Civil War.
oyK8 TIL North Korea invented its own basketball scoring system: three points for a dunk, four points for a three pointer that doesn’t touch the rim, and eight points for a basket scored in the final three seconds
JYXEl TIL Nelson Mandela's Handprint Naturally Makes a Shape of Africa.