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TIL that every year, there is a race from Adelaide to Darwin, Australia called the World Solar Challenge. All competitors run in aerodynamic, lightweight, fully solar powered vehicles.

Read more worldsolarchallenge.org

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Y6jZ TIL in “A.I. Artificial Intelligence”, child actor Haley Joel Osment suggested to Steven Spielberg that to portray an Android well he shouldn’t blink. Osment does not blink once during the entire film.
VM9y0 TIL in the Catholic church, if a child is in peril of dying during delivery, the midwife may perform an emergency baptism. If the midwife is in doubt if the child still lives, she baptises the child saying: "In case you are able to receive the baptism, I baptise thee in the name of the Father etc"
OopLa TIL that per the 2012 census, West Virginia was the only US state to be a "net mortality society", where there were more deaths than births
AYVn TIL Chinese versions of Santa Claus often are depicted as playing a saxophone
VMRBp TIL Outgoing Presidents Receive a Bill For The First Family’s Groceries and Clothing During Their Term