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TIL that there is a monolith in Phobos

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EgWlW TIL China controls the companies that between them provide all the electricity to Lima, which is home to a third of the country’s population
wLvjM TIL That the chips (fries) British tourists eat in the Canary Islands are grown in the UK and exported there because Canary Islands' production can't cope with demand.
KYd99 TIL that Toxoplasma gondii, a parasite that increases an infected human's likelihood of dying by suidice by 43%, also increases an infected wolf's chance of being a pack leader by 4,600%.
N7eJ8 TIL the earliest known recording of a human voice was made in 1860 by dragging a stylus over soot-colored paper. The recording was made for visual purposes only and was not played back until 2008.
0YlA TIL Sean Bean is tied with Bella Lugosi for most deaths per screen appearance, dying in 32% of his films.