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TIL Portuguese Jesuit missionaries João Cabral and Estêvão Cacella became the first Westerners to visit Bhutan and Nepal in 1627

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ZKZ4 TIL experimental Thorium nuclear fission isn’t only more efficient, less rare than Uranium, and with pebble-bed technology is a “walk-away” (or almost 100% meltdown proof) reactor; it cannot be weaponized making it the most efficiant fuel source in the world
1RkV TIL James Doohan, Star Trek actor, served in the military during D-Day, shooting 2 German snipers and getting shot 6 times himself.
AD70l TIL Scientists say schools in China should further increase outdoor time, including recesses, in order to reduce the risk of near-sightedness. In some parts of China, 90 per cent of high school graduates have nearsightedness
78JMP TIL that Scandinavians settled Greenland 300 years before native Greenlanders did
Oo71X TIL In Pennsylvania (USA), you can be on the hook for your parents’ debt without your knowledge or consent, and it’s completely legal