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

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d84xE TIL The 1964 Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer TV special is in a grey area of copyright due to the fact that the studio mistakenly spelled out the copyright date as 1164 in roman numerals and haven't corrected it since
AeXa TIL: The United States government spends nearly twice as much money on inmates than they do on students
b9a1p TIL of Kari's Law. In 2013 a woman was murdered in a hotel room by her husband while her nine-year-old daughter tried to call 911 four times. The calls did not go through because the hotel phones required all calls to start with 9 (making 911 9911). The law removes the need for the 9 in hotel phones
7r9xx TIL that in the 1997 UK general election the Liberal Democrats won the Winchester constituency by 2 votes. The Conservative incumbent legally challenged the result and secured a re-run of the election. The second time he lost by 21,556 votes!
BrXlD TIL that 23% of Americans aged 18-34 are living with parents (increase from 15% in 1975).