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TIL of Cragside House - The first house in the world to be powered by Hydroelectric. It was the first 'smart home' of the 1800's with water powered electricity, laundry, rotisserie and even a dishwasher.

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N7O58 TIL that the will of Who bassist John Entwistle, who died in 2002 after taking cocaine with a stripper in a Las Vegas hotel, divided his estate between his mother, son and girlfriend. A month after receiving an inheritance of ca £1million, Lisa Pritchett-Johnson died of a suspected drug overdose.
dDYeB TIL the country of Micronesia consists of 607 islands with a combined area of 271 sq miles of land that sit in 1.2 million sq miles of ocean.
0d05y TIL of the 'Azolla event', a situation in which a species of floating fern covered the Arctic Ocean ~49 million years ago; scientists suspect the fern grew so aggressively that it removed enough CO2 from the atmosphere to initiate a global ice age
GApAQ TIL the hollow stick on(most) lollipops is to prevent choking, allowing air to pass through it even if the stick is swallowed.
e1wL TIL Queen Ants can live over 30 years, making them one of the longest living insects.