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TIL Billie Eilish's real name is Billie Eilish Pirate Baird O'Connell

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Jx7B TIL Tesla runs an entire island on solar power. The island of Ta'u in American Samoa used to consume 300 gallons of diesel fuel daily to run generators, fuel that had to be bought and shipped, but Tesla’s solar panels and power packs provide 6 megawatt-hours of energy storage
5YQk TIL artists in 1899, upon being asked what the year 2000 would look like, drew these.
Y77Jx TIL Mercedes-Benz's three-pointed star started out as a symbol that Gottlieb Daimler, the founder of Mercedes' parent company Daimler, marked his house with on a postcard.
OojD4 TIL that smelling hydrogen sulfide (AKA farts) is good for your health, as a study conducted by the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom and University of Texas says.
oBxa8 TIL that Sergeant Stubby, a stray dog found during military training in 1917, served with the 102nd Infantry Regiment in WWI, saving them repeatedly due to his ability to smell mustard gas at a distance. After the war, he became a celebrity, meeting three presidents and traveling around the country.