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TIL that squirrels were once considered among the top causes for power outages across the US

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P1Yan TIL that one of the discoveries proving plate tectonics were a thing, was figured out because of magnets the US ships were using to detect submarines.
8am1G TIL Nikola Tesla, widely known as the inventor of the AC power system, also installed the first hydroelectric plant at Niagara Falls in 1896. It was around this time that Tesla also disavowed coal and oil in favor of renewable energy sources.
ELGW TIL that because of the gay character in 2017’s “Beauty and the Beast,” Malaysia didn’t allow children under 13 to see it without being accompanied by an adult; Russia didn’t allow children under 16 without an adult; and Kuwait effectively banned it entirely.
b9AGa TIL the first modern office chair failed commercially outside the US, because it was too comfortable. The Victorian morality of the time valued rigid, unsupportive seats that allowed sitters to demonstrate refinement, willpower and morality through an upright posture.
ZrDB TIL two con men sold a fake painting for €1.5 million, only to find out that all the money was counterfeit