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TIL of David Hahn, the 17 yr old Who Built a Nuclear Reactor in His Garden in 1994

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4XjJg TIL in the 90's there was a global semiconductor shortage not caused by a once-in-a-century pandemic or a spike in the automotive industry.... But by Tamagotchis.
mxKEP TIL that the Statue of Liberty was orginally intended for the Suez Canal. When the Canal neared completion, the sculptor Frédéric-Auguste Bartholdi requested to build a sculpture he named "Egypt Bringing light to Asia" at the canal's entrance. When he was denied, he went with his ideas to New York.
4k8Nw TIL that Ethiopia has a unique calendar which is 7-8 years behind the rest of the world. The current year in Ethiopia is 2014.
NX7mJ TIL the Statute of Liberty isn't named as a representative of freedom, it's literally the Statute of Liberty, the Roman goddess of liberation.
XDyE TIL The Blanket Octopus rips off the Portuguese Man O’ War’s tentacles and uses them for defensive purposes