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TIL that electricity prices can drop below zero in Europe

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lLaN TIL: When he was dying, Einstein refused surgery, saying “I want to go when I want. It is tasteless to prolong life artificially. I have done my share, it is time to go. I will do it elegantly.”
Z8Edo TIL Tom Hulce practiced piano four hours a day for his role in Amadeus, but the music ended up being dubbed in anyway.
8aOka TIL when in the 80s cheaper brands were lowering Intel's market share, the brand didn't know how to convince users to buy Intel-based PCs. But one retailer told them it would be enough to just tell people computers had Intel chips - and their idea, "Intel Inside" campaign, was a big sales success.
8aEDG TIL American Spirit Cigarettes, despite claiming to be additive-free, add ammonia or urea to increase free-base nicotine absorption to 36 percent.
ANmXx TIL that the phrase immaculate conception does not refer to Jesus but his mother Mary who Catholics believe was also born free of original sin.