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TIL that in December 2017, Southwest Wyoming Regional Airport became the first airport in Wyoming to use a renewable energy power source for part of its electrical demand

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E1rEx TIL that Joseph Stalin had a secret lab that analyzed the poop of foreign leaders in order to build their psychological profiles and even reportedly refused an agreement with China’s Mao Zedong after reading an analysis of his poo
awK9Z TIL VR can help Schizophrenia suffers by allowing them to confront their demons in VR
l7vB7 TIL scientists from Newcastle University discovered that honeybees become 'pessimistic' after being shaken vigorously for 60 seconds.
VBWQ0 TIL in 2012 a Japanese scientist created a set of violin strings out of spider silk. They have ‘a soft and profound timbre’ when played.
b95x0 TIL that there were only three people in the United States were qualified to pack the parachutes for the Apollo 15 mission in 1971. Their skills were deemed so vital that they couldn't ride in the same car together as an accident would cripple the space programme.