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TIL the amount of electricity running the Bitcoin Network could power 1.3 million homes.

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R7KD6 TIL that music icon Curtis Mayfield was quadriplegic for the last 9 years of his life after being struck by falling lighting equipment at a 1990 concert
0dAo5 TIL: There was a poll of "well traveled women" which rated men they slept with. Spain, France, Brazil had the best lovers. For the worst countries, they also indicated why, Germany (Too Smelly), England (Too Lazy), Sweden (Too Quick), America (Too Rough), Russia (Too Hairy).
Yp9GG TIL before the D-Day invasion, Eisenhower threatened to step down because he wanted to divert Allied strategic bombers that had been hammering German industrial plants to instead begin bombing critical French infrastructure. The threat worked and bombing commenced, ending World War II.
1aAnW TIL Rihanna, Adele, P!nk, Jay-Z and Cardi B all declined the offer to perform at this year’s Super Bowl halftime show
rRPlw TIL that Basque, although considered to be a language isolate, actually had a predecessor in the form of Aquitanian, which died out almost 2,000 years ago.