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TIL that the youngest person to ever achieve nuclear fusion was just 12-years-old.

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rNOkx TIL Regina King is the voice behind Riley and Huey, the teen-aged brothers in Boondocks
DEXV TIL Hillsdale College founded in 1844, known as the conservative Harvard, was the first college to have discrimination based on sex, religion, or race in admissions prohibited in its charter, and also refused to play in the 1956 Tangerine Bowl when its black players were not allowed on the field.
yVZPV TIL that nearly all of what we see as lightning is the current returning to the cloud from the ground. It appears to be coming from the cloud because it is illuminating the bolts that didn't reach the ground
6ZJl TIL MTV’s “Clone High” cartoon was cancelled when people in India conducted a massive hunger strike after Googling a Maxim article depicting Gandhi, and coming across the cartoon, which featured Gandhi as a character.
XQrR TIL Julia Stewart, who worked as a waitress at an IHOP at 16 years old, worked her way up through various jobs to become a President at Applebees. After being passed over for CEO, she returned to IHOP, became CEO, and later acquired Applebees.