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TIL that nuclear power plants in the US are so strong that they can be struck by a large commercial airliner and still not release harmful radiation

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QJ6Nd TIL about "wateraid.org": a charity organization that is "determined to make clean water, reliable toilets and good hygiene normal for everyone, everywhere within a generation". In 2018-19, they brought 206,000 schools clean water, 182,000 schools decent toilets, and 695,000 schools good hygiene.
xVoek TIL about a 21-year old Georgia woman who took a 2 hour college exam while in labor in the hospital. Once finished she delivered a healthy baby.
KONlR TIL that Naftaly Frenkel was a prisoner in a Soviet Union work camp who proposed that inmates' food rations be linked to their rate of production. He was promoted to guard and eventually commandant. He would later oversee construction of the White Sea–Baltic Canal by forced labor.
W7Q99 TIL Tyler Perry provided security and housing to Prince Harry and Meghan Markle when they moved to California. They made him their daughter's Godfather.
5YQJR TIL wine contains minute amounts of super heavy water that can be used to determine the age of vintage wines.