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TIL that electricity prices can drop below zero in Europe

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gZA9 TIL that the cornea has no blood supply, and oxygen instead diffuses into it directly from the air.
OodQ7 TIL of Encephalartos woodii, a near-extinct tree with only a single surviving male specimen. Without any female specimens the only way to reproduce it is to clone the male.
mE8M TIL A woman in Scotland registered herself by accident as a tourist attraction, becoming the nations 87th best destination
RmJj TIL that in the 1942 Cocoanut Grove fire in Boston, at least 300 people lost their lives because the doors opened inwards. This prompted the regulation that all doors in a public building must open outwards.
x6bRk TIL although submarines were only about 2% of the US Navy in WWII, the group destroyed over 30% of the Japanese Navy including 8 aircraft carriers & 11 cruisers. It also crippled over 60% of the Japanese merchant fleet greatly impairing Japan's ability to supply its military & war effort.