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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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Z890Y TIL due to an unusual scoring rule anomoly, the 1994 Carribbean Cup soccer match between Grenada and Barbados resulted in both teams desperately trying to score own goals and protect the opposition nets.
49VJ TIL Ted Nugent shit his pants and quit bathing to avoid the draft
7n7Z TIL that the Mayan god of wind and storms was called Jun Raqan, pronounced “Huracan”, hence the word “Hurricane”.
J1AVl TIL: Shaq earned a doctorate in Education
1amO TIL that the screeching noise you get from scraping your fingernails against a chalkboard is uncomfortable because it is similar to a primate warning call and triggers a fight or flight response.