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TIL that California generates so much solar power that at times the state will pay Arizona to take it.

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nawd TIL that Habitat for Humanity has built more than 600,000 homes and helped more than 3,000,000 people around the world
XGX6 TIL that Vladimir The Great, Prince of Kiev, considered converting from Paganism to Islam. He sent envoys to study Islam, but upon hearing that Islam forbade alcohol and pork, he got baptized.
RGG8 TIL in Japan, you are required to display a sticker on your car for one year after getting your licence to alert other drivers of your low levels of driving experience.
Ypgmr TIL: A blind mechanical engineer named Ralph Teetor invented cruise control in 1945 after riding with his lawyer, who had a nasty habit of speeding up and slowing down too frequently. It was originally called "Speedostat".
l7EoV TIL that cows actually only have one stomach, but it has four different compartments to it, so you will hear them being described as having four stomachs. Each compartment (rumen, reticulum, omasum, abomasum) is used for a different stage of their digestive process.