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TIL China built roughly one windmill an hour in 2009

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VML5G TIL East Asians have their own specific syndrome, which is called "Asian Flush Reaction". It made their face turned red after consuming alcoholic drinks, 36% East Asians have this syndrome
kJxXB TIL that the duffel bag gets its name from duffel cloth, a heavy woolen fabric which originated in the Belgian town of Duffel.
Yplev TIL that a NASA astronaut Frank Culbertson was the only American not on Earth when the 9/11 attacks occurred. His morning call started with “Well, Frank, we’re not having a very good day down here on earth.”
5MvD TIL purple is known as the colour of royalty because in ancient times the only way of producing the rare purple dye was from an extraction process of a murex snail by the Phoenicians. This process was very expensive and subsequently valued higher than gold.
mxVXE TIL the Black Plague in the 13th century was thought to be contagious through air because of the bad stench it made, so incense and perfumes were used to "cure" it.