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TIL that neutron radiation from deuterium nuclear fusion can be exploited by breeding more deuterium from ordinary hydrogen.

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aP4J TIL that during the space race the public was generally opposed to funding manned space exploration, and spaceflight was ranked near the top of federal programs the public would prefer cut.
gLab TIL in 1995, the company Namco patented “auxiliary games” that play while the main game loads, thus forbid other game titles to have those. The patent expired earlier this year.
Wkjl4 TIL of Jennifer Strange, who died after drinking nearly 7.6 litres (2 gallons) of water over 3 hours for a "Hold Your Wee for a Wii" radio contest.
e0DVE TIL DJ Khaled used his baby son Asahd Tuck Khaled's reactions to the sounds to gauge the quality of songs for the album "Grateful" (the baby vomiting indicated best quality), and then had the baby legally declared the album's executive producer.
e0YlL TIL that 80% of books published 1924-63 never had their copyrights renewed and are now in the public domain