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TIL that on Oct 28, 2013 wind power not only provided 100% of Denmark’s power but that at 2:00AM Denmark wind was producing 122% of the countries energy needs

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rX9o TIL Louisiana is the only US state to base its legal system from French law crafted by Napoleon. Louisiana Law students may choose to study either American Law, or Louisiana Civil Code.
m1J0P TIL about the massacre of Huta Pieniacka where soldiers of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS brutally murdered more than a thousand ethnic Poles
BrDdk TIL 76% of Vietnamese people share only 6 surnames, with a full 38% of them having the surname Nguyen
9nmG TIL there is a mysterious sound in New Mexico called the “Taos Hum”. Only 2% of the population can hear it, and no one knows where the sound comes from.
ANYMo TIL Honeybees use a waggle dance to tell others where to find food. The distance other bees must travel to the food source relates to the length of time it takes the bee to fly in one full circuit. The angle at which the bee flies in relation to the sun shows the direction of the food source.