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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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a8bQZ TIL about "The Indiscreet Jewels", a French novel published in 1748 about a magical ring that makes vaginas talk, literally. Its author, Denis Diderot, is one of the most prominent figures of the Age of Enlightenment.
DQD1g TIL that due to airflow, all single rotor helicopters have the same speed limit 250 mph (402 km/h)
e0Wng TIL, that gynosome exist.
PeNJ TIL the NCAA once said “post-season bowls had no place in college football “because they serve no sound educational ends, and such promotions merely trade upon intercollegiate football for commercial purposes.”
VBy7B TIL that curry was brought to Vietnam by French colonisers when they also colonized Pondicherry in India. Curry was adapted to Vietnamese tastes by adding coconut milk and lemongrass.