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TIL most German schools do not have uniforms since it reminds Germans of the nazi youth

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EKWo TIL Gramin Shakti, a non-profit organization in Bangladesh provided solar panels for 1.5 million homes. 5 years later, the World Bank invested in less than a fraction of that, and received credit for Bangladesh’s solar revolution.
5aRB TIL: Weird Al Yankovic was going to parody Paul McCartney’s “Live and Let Die” with “Chicken Pot Pie” but McCartney denied his request due to being a vegetarian.
DQoRY TIL The Wildlife Conservation Society of New York City owns three of the Jason Isles. This small island chain is roughly 6,000 miles away from New York City.
nWxmG TIL that the Eastern Roman Empire once sent troops to Ethiopia to support Ethiopia's invasion of Yemen
JY1w4 TIL that historians believe Paul Bunyan was based on a six foot tall French-Canadian timberman from the 1870s who had two complete sets of teeth, which he used to bite off hunks of wooden rails and in his spare time enjoyed drinking and brawling.