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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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b0lE TIL a scientist in the 60s gave LSD to dolphins in an attempt to teach them English.
RQG7 TIL a high school teacher wanted to teach his class how the German people accepted Hitler as their leader. So he created a Nazi-like movement at school in just 5 days.
JXaB TIL Almost all animals and plants synthesize their own vitamin C, but humans cannot because the gene for this enzyme is defective
EgkoV TIL the term "Hollaback Girl" was coined by supermodel Naomi Campbell. Producer Pharrell Williams overhead a conversation Campbell had where she said, "I'm sorry, I have a name. I ain't no Holla Back girl", apparently referencing the women in the music video for "Young'n (Holla Back)" by Fabulous
xMB TIL Nzinga of Matamba was a warrior queen who kept a harem of 60 men whom she dressed in women’s clothes