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TIL nuclear energy is the safest energy source in terms of human deaths - even safer than wind and solar.

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oB5EA TIL : that you cannot copy files above 4gb to a USB drive which is using the default FAT32 format. One needs to format it to a format called exFAT to be able to do so.
YAyA TIL Pokémon Red and Blue cost approximately 76 million dollars to develop in 1996. The Witcher 3 cost 82 million and has a file size of 50GB compared to Pokémon’s 500KB.
kO5De TIL the US military uses dolphins to find and identify underwater mines because they are better at it than humans.
aybN TIL that the victims of the Pompeii eruption had “perfect teeth” - linked to both a healthy diet and high levels of fluorine in the air and water near the volcano
e6bk TIL when Conan O'Brien was bought out of his contract with NBC, he paid 50 stagehands and crew members who were not part of the deal at least six weeks severance pay out of his own pocket.