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TIL that researchers estimate that the Internet consumes less than 2% of the total energy consumed by humanity (as of 2011)

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rNdZ4 TIL that the con-artist, Frank Abagnale, from Catch Me if You Can, lied about most of the story. His book retelling his "crimes" was the only successful con he ever pulled.
w5B8 TIL that a seven year old girl set out on a highly-publicized attempt to be the youngest pilot to fly coast to coast. Her plane crashed less than 24 hours into the journey, killing everyone on board.
VMaV8 TIL industrialist Henry Clay Frick feuded with Andrew Carnegie after they split as business partners. He even built his skyscraper, the Frick Building, directly adjacent to one of his buildings to keep it constantly in the shadows.
GAYQj TIL about the controversial theory that the blocks that the Egyptian pyramids were built from may actually have been made of a limestone "concrete" that was poured in situ, and not, as is generally thought, carved out of a local quarry and hauled up
8BZ TIL that IKEA ran the first commercial in the US featuring a homosexual couple. It was shown once and then pulled following bomb threats to the stores.