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TIL A third of generated electricity is lost, simply because of the thermal properties of steel.

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Oon81 TIL Not being able to poop in public toilet is a condition called parcopresis.
yQRxJ TIL that the Finnish Civil War of 1918 was the deadliest civil conflict in the world in relation to the population until the Rwandan Genocide of 1994
R5NO9 TIL a monkey named Ramu was arrested in India for disrupting the peace between Muslim and Hindu communities. He was released 5 years later when wildlife activists learned of his situation.
46Wa TIL that Kraft Dinner (aka Kraft Mac and cheese) is the national dish of Canada.
JYprk TIL that a photographer took photographs of Robert Kennedy’s assassination. The LAPD confiscated these photos for evidence. When he asked for them back, he was told they’d been destroyed. He sued and during the trial it was proven they tried to provide fake photos and his original photos were stolen