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TIL a group of liberal arts students have been running a nuclear reactor for over 50 years and they scoop dropped items out of the reactor with a bucket and long stick

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y9g8 TIL that public universities in the U.S. spent more than $10.3 billion in mandatory student fees and other subsidies on their sports programs from 2010 through 2014.
XoN6 TIL that congress can hire pirates to attack foreign enemies. It’s in Clause 11
9Y79r TIL the upper atmosphere of Saturn’s (and other gas giants presumably) poles are heated by the massive Auroras happening there!
9Yw7 TIL in Ancient Athens, to be a witness in court, you had to swear upon bull testicles. Today we call it ‘Testifying’.
nWB4d TIL birds truly are government spies... US military funds research on crows' facial recognition abilities for "enemy tracking"