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TIL Wind power is China's third-largest source of electricity at the end of 2021, accounting for 7.5% of total power generation.

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D1vkJ Today I learned that High German is spoken in South Germany and that Low German is spoken in North Germany.
d8oBE TIL: in 1996 Dave Grohl had a cameo in an episode of The X-Files and had a huge crush on Gillian Anderson.
LknKm TIL Juno Beach was originally going to named Jelly Beach, but Churchill disapproved of the name, finding it to be undignified "for a beach on which so many men might die".
0dQ8p TIL the northern lights make whistling, cracking, and hissing sounds
gMo47 TIL: Norman Ernest Borlaug saved over a billion lives through improvements in farming