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TIL Santa Monica, CA, has passed the world’s first net zero construction ordinance. Beginning this year, all new single family homes built within city limits will be required to generate at least as much energy as they use.

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ADNPd TIL North Korea has a Central Bureau of Statistics. Very little is known about the bureau or its staff, and even its ability to compose accurate statistics is in dispute. Their accuracy has been disputed by various United Nations organizations and foreign observers
aw47o TIL of Don Shipley, a retired Navy Seal who has spent much of his post service life exposing individuals who falsely claim to be SEALs. According to the FBI there are 300 times more impostor Navy SEALs than actual SEALs
p84Qe TIL the official trailer for The Shining, which consists entirely of the bloody elevator scene, was made at a time when blood was not allowed in trailers. The director convinced the MPAA the blood was actually rusty water to get it approved.
055 TIL that a gold medal won from the Olympics is worth about $494, a silver medal worth $260, and the bronze medal is worth $3.
gVOL TIL HBO passed on The Walking Dead because it was too violent and gory.