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TIL Cruachan Hydroelectric Power Station pumps water uphill at night to release and generate electricity during the day

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d89Or TIL that the Boeing B-29 Superfortress airplane (WW2, Korean War) had an analog computer system that allowed one team to simultaneously control 4 turrets mounted on the bottom of the wings — the computer calculates the aim and automatically adjusts all of the turrets respectively
4kB7a TIL that outside of Chattanooga,Tennessee, a Little Debbie Snacks-Themed park opened last year. The park has, among its play structures, enormous versions of the snack cakes.
R7r8Q TIL about Frieda Belinfante, a half-Jewish lesbian who lived in Amsterdam during WWII, and disguised herself as a man to avoid being captured and executed by the Nazis. Even though she was wanted for being part of the resistance movement she escaped out of Amsterdam and lived til she was 90.
b6PKp TIL on the last episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, guest Tom Hanks used The Beatles' "Lovely Rita" as his walkout song, costing NBC $500,000.
LkEDV TIL Don Lapre, the famous 90's infomercials guy who claimed to make $50,000 per week "placing tiny classified ads in newspapers" slit his throat and bled to death rather than face prison