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TIL that Ivanpah, a solar electric generating system inadvertently created a solar death ray and has killed a lot of birds.

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1PrO TIL that the last execution by electric chair in the United States before Furman v. Georgia was done to James D. French whose last words before his death were “How’s this for your headline? ‘French Fries’”.
neYvb TIL about the existence of "The Sweatbox," a making-of documentary about Disney's "The Emperor's New Groove" that Disney had financed but was so "awkwardly truthful" about how Disney movies are made, it was never officially released
PYvPw TIL that Olympians can use the OLY lettering on any official documentation after their name much like when one gets a royal honor or PhD
7rGQZ TIL of a disease known as 'popcorn lung.' A respiratory illness due to exposure to a chemical that flavors microwave popcorn. Before most companies removed this chemical, a man who ate two bags a day and inhaled the steam, sued a food company and was awarded $7 mil.
VM5E8 TIL of Hypatia. She was a world-renowned female mathematician, astronomer, and philosopher of the 4th-century who was literally torn apart by oyster shells and set on fire by a mob of Christain zealots.