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TIL Nuclear Power Prevents More Deaths Than It Causes

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0wEm5 TIL The Lion King musical stage performance has made over 8.2 BILLION dollars worldwide.
8aYdb TIL that the Beastie Boys are credited for coining the term “mullet” to describe the “business up front, party in the back” hairstyle.
oBwNE TIL despite being thin and athletic, serial killer Israel Keyes got lap band surgery in his late 20s, presumably so he could go for prolonged periods without eating during his murder sprees
vPlv7 TIL that chess player and Twitch streamer Anna Cramling created her own opening, "The Cow", in 2023. In 2024 she for the first time played an opponent who used the opening. Cramling lost.
Lk1dr TIL of "promession", an elaborate decomposition system that takes a body, freezes it, vibrates it to dust, and dehydrates it, to result in the most eco-friendly form of burial ever devised.