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TIL Daft Punk refused a million dollars to mix ONE NIGHT in Dubai

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DyBP TIL William Kamkwamba built a windmill from gum trees, bicycle parts, and scrap finds, to power his family’s farm. Though he didn’t know English, he learned to built the windmill from English books and diagrams. Later, he dug a well and built an irrigation system, which helped grow crops more often.
vP61r TIL that heroin is used routinely used in clinical practice in the UK and that this is something unique to the UK.
OGV6a TIL General Douglas MacArthur had an underage mistress named Isabel Rosario Cooper, who was 16 when he met her in 1930. From 1930 to 1934 he kept her in a Washington DC hotel suite while serving as the chief of staff of the US Army.
EgG4d TIL that McDonald’s is the largest toy distributor in the world. with roughly 5000 happy meal sold every minute which translates to 1.5 billion toys a year
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