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TIL that on game day, Cowboys Stadium uses more electricity than all of Liberia

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R7Og9 TIL there are 78 cities in the world with the population larger than the entire country of Finland
nWmpG TIL that “Stranger Things” star Winona Ryder pushed for Kate Bush’s song “Running Up That Hill” to be featured on the show. Ryder also stated that for seven years, she dropped hints on the show’s set by wearing her Kate Bush t-shirts. Winona’s plan eventually worked.
4L46 TIL that Dr Catherine Hamlin and her husband answered an ad in 1958 for an obstetrician and gynaecologist to set up a midwifery school in Ethiopia. She still works there today at the age of 89. Happy International Women’s Day!
N7rgE TIL Amsterdam employs alcoholics as street cleaners and pays them with beer. In addition to the five cans, they also get €10 ($11.36) and half a pack of loose tobacco for each 6.5 hour shift.
kOeNg TIL That “one nation under God” was added to the Pledge of Allegiance during the Eisenhower administration and has only been in place for 65 years