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TIL one big obstacle standing in the way of clean energy in California is the lack of high tension power lines that can move the electricity. Developing the new grid to accommodate solar farms may take a decade.

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n7AG TIL that the written Korean language is based on a simple phonetic alphabet which can be learned in a few hours
6Evb7 TIL that since the release of Uber in 2011, DUI related carwrecks have gone down by 25-35%.
p1WN TIL Switzerland banned nearly all forms of motor-racing after the tragic 1955 Le Mans disaster, where fragments of a crashed car flew in the stands, killing 83 spectators, the most deadly accident in motorsport history. Despite numerous attempts to lift it, the ban is still in place to this day.
R76p4 TIL a bee creates lift by clapping its wings together above its back. When the wings separate, air fills the void, and the downward swinging wings generate lift. The failure to account for this is the basis for the myth that bees shouldn’t be able to fly.
wQlY TIL: One of George Patton’s speeches was so vulgar that it had to be toned down for his movie biography. It included phrases such as not having to tell your future grandson you ‘shoveled shit in Louisiana’, but instead you 'rode with a son-of-a-goddamned-bitch named George Patton!’