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TIL The world's biggest nuclear fusion project, known as ITER, has entered its five-year assembly phase. After this is finished, the facility will be able to start generating the super-hot "plasma" required for fusion power.

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9yxG TIL a JFK assassination witness claimed to see an suspicious unidentified man standing in the window of the school book depository, who later fled the scene. His testimony was ignored, he was intimidated several times, and there were several attempts on his life.
ow8R TIL: Couples that cuddle can become addicted to one another. Symptoms of withdraw can occur when apart as a result of the hormone oxytocin, “the cuddling drug.”
69eD7 TIL sometimes a baby can taste what their mom had for lunch
BrMBK TIL that in 1946, Argentina imported 20 beavers from Canada and stocked a lake with the intention of creating a fur trade. Now, the beaver population is 200k and threatens 16m hectares of Tierra Del Fuego National Park.
xnAb TIL of Roy Sullivan, a man who was struck by lightning seven times. He started to believe that he attracted lightning, and sometimes even reported seeing clouds following him. He eventually shot himself in the head at age 71.