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TIL Norway imports garbage from other countries to generate energy.

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OoXL6 TIL that an invasive population of piranhas lived and reproduced for years in a Florida tourist attraction called "Monkey Jungle."
newRG TIL of Randy Gardner, a 17 year-old high school student from San Diego who set the record for the longest time a human has gone without sleep (11 days, 25 min). Gardner's experimental analysis found paranoia, hallucinations, loss of concentration, and being unable to count backwards from 100.
k9km TIL that in the 16th century, Christians called the Anabaptists did not partake in infant baptism, instead believing that only free-willed adults could decide for themselves to be baptized. They were persecuted and killed.
LKGQ TIL of Robin Williams’ bond with Koko the gorilla. He made her smile for the first time in 6 months after her lifelong gorilla companion passed and she became visibly upset when she heard the news of Williams’ death
p8bnZ TIL the US Navy conducted mock air attacks by aircraft carrier on Pearl Harbor in 1932 and 1938. In both exercises the attacks were successful, demonstrating the importance of air power over battleships. Both exercises were ignored by the US Navy but were studied carefully by the IJN.