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TIL that an average wind turbine produces enough energy to power 940 average U.S. homes

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PYXYg TIL it's not actually illegal to drive barefoot. In many countries including the UK, US and Canada it's fine as long as you have the ability to operate the controls safely.
R5NB6 TIL Sir Walter Scott, the famous novelist, rediscovered the oldest Crown jewels in Britain, along with a mysterious silver wand
yQJ4M TIL that there are people in the Canary Islands who communicate by whistling.
JYBd1 Today I learned that moon rocks are a “National Treasure” and cannot be sold in the United States of America.
gMkWb TIL of Lingchi, also known as death by a thousand cuts, which was a form of torture and execution used from roughly 900 CE until it was banned in 1905. It involved methodically slicing portions of the body over an extended period of time, eventually resulting in death.