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7WJr TIL the largest KFC in the World is in Baku, Azerbaijan, housed in an old railway station
BrXMb TIL GravityLight is an LED light powered by a bag filled with 20 lbs of rocks or earth, attached to a cord, which slowly descends and powers the light for up to 20 minutes & takes only seconds to reset. Intended as a replacement for kerosene lamps in the developing world it has no operating costs
VBw1D TIL That actress Gates McFadden who played Dr. Beverly Crusher on "Star Trek: TNG" had been an employee of The Jim Henson Company as a Muppeteer and choreographed the classic movie Labyrinth.
OoxQR TIL descendants of Pablo Escobar's 4 pet hippopotami, aka "cocaine hippos" are an invasive species "rewilding" parts of the ecosystem. The hippos' diet & body size let them replay a role of similar extinct species like the giant llama, making northern Colombia more like the late Pleistocene Epoch.
6kKY TIL Rodney Mullen is considered the “Godfather” of modern street skating. He’s credited with inventing 37 tricks including the flatground ollie, the Kickflip, the Heelflip, and the 360 flip.