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TIL Marion stokes recorded tv news programs for over 35 years. With over 71,716 tapes filled with footage, she built the world’s largest independent archive.

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1aVRW TIL that for six months Daniel Radcliffe wore the same clothes every time he went out in public, so that the paparazzi could not sell any photos of him.
j6yLj TIL the phasing out of CANDU fission reactors may deprive Fusion reactors of needed fuel before they can come online.
VMZjp TIL By bringing light to a focus, a telescope forms an image — a little picture floating in the air inside the tube. Eyepieces makes it possible to view that image and changing eyepieces determines a telescope's magnifying power
9wZvm TIL that the British children's TV show 'Blue Peter' has many dogs, cats, and other animals that appear; viewers often name the pets. When George, a tortoise, was thought dead in 1988, a special tribute episode appeared, but he was merely missing and was found alive. George lived another 16 years.
eeOg TIL People with surnames beginning with a letter near the start of the alphabet are more likely to win a Nobel Prize, due to being listed first in scientific papers.