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TIL China built roughly one windmill an hour in 2009

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OGLJR TIL The firm who repaired seat covers on San Francisco's BART trains started paying people to slash the fabric, eventually accounting for 85% of vandalism reports
0dm0v TIL Pakistan has the highest rate of diabetes in the world, with almost one-third of the adult population affected
n9mP TIL Manchu women used to show affection for their sons by performing fellatio on them. At the same time kissing in public was frowned upon.
4YGw TIL Paul McCartney played celery on a Beach Boys song
a8eoL TIL that despite being leader of the CDU and serving as the Chancellor of Germany, Ludwig Erhard was never officially a member of the CDU, a fact that was not made public until decades later.