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TIL in Finland, molybdomancy, or predicting future through the shape of molten tin, is a tradition for New Year's Eve

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DQVlV TIL that Napoleon Bonaparte was once attacked by a horde of bunnies. In 1807, during a hunt, his chief of staff released thousands of rabbits for the hunt, but the rabbits instead charged at Napoleon and his party, overwhelming them.
B4VD TIL that in 1913 the first practical thermal solar ‘power plant’ was built in Egypt, it generated power using polished steel to focus the sunlight. Unfortunatly WW1 broke out and the power plant was abandoned due to conflict in the area and oil became a much more attractive energy source.
68nm TIL Hawaiian pizza was invented in Canada
670Y TIL that in 2009, a 13-year-old kid with Aspergers, having feared being scolded by his mother, decided to runaway and dissapear by riding the NYC subway for 11 days. Despite being heavily monitored 24/7, no one noticed him.
kJpbe TIL the world's longest noodle is 3.084 km (1.916 miles) long