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TIL that wind and solar are the fastest growing electricity sources in history.

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awPd0 TIL that The Ancient Egyptians believed that the false door was a threshold between the worlds of the living and the dead and through which a deity or the spirit of the deceased could enter and exit.
4kkVb TIL that Queen Elizabeth II had two severely disabled first cousins who were publicly pronounced dead in 1940 and 1961 respectively, but actually lived in a care home with no visits or support from the royal family until their actual deaths in 1986 and 2014.
GY0Y4 TIL that Mark Cerny was lead designer on PlayStation 4, Vita, and 5, and is unique in that he is not a full-time employee but a consultant. He's also responsible for games like Marble Madness, the Crash Bandicoot series, and Ratchet & Clank.
LkyMP TIL After Oprah's famous "You get a car" episode, where she gave away 276 cars at a total cost of $7.6 million, many of the recipients sent in complaints to the show as they had all been charged a $6-7k "gift tax".
E4nW TIL that lipstick was first used in Ancient Egypt by prostitutes to show their willingness to preform oral sex. (third paragraph to save time)