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TIL the Jimmy Carter Administration installed Solar Panels on the White House to heat water, then the Ronald Reagan Administration took them down and cut tax credits to renewable energy research.

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b96wZ TIL a liver transplant only requires a small section from the donor, because it will regenerate to the full size in the recipient. Interestingly, a child can receive a transplant and the liver will grow normally as they mature
d8gVj TIL South Africa is the first and only country in the world to build and then voluntarily dismantle their nuclear weapons
lJkV TIL That Dog the Bounty Hunter bailed Nicolas Cage out of jail in 2011.
pwEZ TIL In Germany it is not illegal to try to escape from prison because it’s basic human instinct to be free.
mxyGR TIL a woman quit her job to search for her border collie who escaped from a hotel room during a thunderstorm while on vacation in Kalispell, Montana. After 57 days of searching and posting hundreds of flyers around town, she finally found ‘Katie’ who was starving, but otherwise OK.