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TIL There are freshwater jellyfish in the Landlocked state of Arkansas

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nedor TIL 70 years ago Russian scientists developed the first concept of a fusion reactor, called Tokamak. This reactor has the shape of a metal hollow bagel, in which a strong magnetic field keeps the plasma at a safe distance from the walls of the reactor.
xgWg TIL a 16yo British was found dead, surrounded by 42 cans of aerosol body spray. He would apparently spray himself down daily to avoid showering and died from inhaling large amounts of the butane propellant in the product.
grwM9 TIL seven of the thirty-nine signers of the US Constitution were not native to The Thirteen Colonies: Pierce Butler, Thomas Fitzsimons, James McHenry, and William Paterson were born in Ireland, Robert Morris in England, James Wilson in Scotland, and Alexander Hamilton in the West Indies.
WM6N TIL George Lucas was in debt after building Skywalker Ranch and producing the bomb “Howard the Duck”, so he sold the Lucasfilm CGI division to Steve Jobs, which later became Pixar.
x6MA0 TIL that in 2006, a British football fan placed a £200 bet that Liverpool player Xabi Alonso would have scored a goal from behind the halfway line of the pitch at some point during the season, after he saw it in a dream. Xabi Alonso did score from behind the halfway line and the man won £25,000