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TIL that the Pope released a prog rock album

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8g44 TIL deuterium, one of the ingredients of nuclear fusion, is readily found in seawater, and “viewed as a potential fuel for a fusion reactor, a gallon of seawater could produce as much energy as 300 gallons of gasoline.”
gM1AW TIL that in 1987, Fred Rogers visited the then-Soviet Union to film a segment for both his show, "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood" and "Good Night, Little Ones!", Russia's longest-running children's program. Rogers was the first American to appear on the latter show.
rRQn4 TIL T-Pain streams both music demos and games on Twitch
5YbJP TIL about Paradoxical Undressing, a rare symptom of hypothermia where the patient undresses due to vasoconstriction tricking him into thinking that he is hot.
ne1bG TIL in the 1960s the US had developed a nuclear bomb small enough to be carried by one person, such as a paratrooper, and placed at an enemy target such as bridge, dam, etc.