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TIL: The ‘Atoms For Peace’ program, intended to promote the peaceful uses of nuclear power, led to multiple countries developing nuclear weapons

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0dPvj TIL The State Legislature of Virginia, The Virginia General Assembly, is the oldest lawmaking body in the New World and was established at Jamestown, on July 30, 1619. 157 years later, seven Virginians who had been elected to this body would sign the Declaration of Independence, on August 2nd, 1776.
X0eWj TIL that Catherine Schell - the actress who played Maya in "Space: 1999" (1975-77) - is a great-niece of King Louis XIV of France, Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, 7th Prime-Minister of France, and Franz I & II & III, 50th Holy Roman Emperor and 8th Grand-Duke of Tuscany and former Duke of Lorraine.
01WM TIL scientists have created glow-in-the-dark cats by inserting the jellyfish protein that codes for bioluminescence into their genome
YgPd TIL that between 1999 and 2006 14 high school football players have been paralyzed in Texas alone
YpyPW TIL of Shibari, a term for erotic bondage inspired by Japanese aesthetics. This style of bondage involves tying a person up using visually intricate patterns with several pieces of thin rope, usually emphasizing the person’s physical features.