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TIL that Pakistan’s parliament is the only parliament in the world to be fuelled solely by solar power.

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MeLlW TIL There are still 11 countries that don't recognize Croatia as an independent state
xVPBB TIL that in 2012 a Red Bull heir killed a police officer in a hit an run with his Ferrari and got away with it.
WkB98 TIL that John Cassavetes, Peter Falk & Ben Gazzara appeared quite drunk on The Dick Cavett show. They were promoting their movie "Husbands" and basically tormented Cavett for 35 minutes while flopping around, smoking and just being plain old asses. Link to clip in the comments.
5VwB TIL a man invented a bicycle made our of cardboard that he can sell to the masses $20 a piece.
NXMl1 TIL that there is a significant population of people from the Marshall Islands living in Springdale, Arkansas, which started when one guy started working for Tyson Foods and told the people at home that there was ample employment. There's even a Marshallese consulate there.