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TIL Nuclear power is actually better environmentally than coal.

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QJapM TIL that Robert Downey Jr considered retiring as Iron Man in 2013 after receiving an on-set injury, believing that he was too old to continue playing the role of Tony Stark.
49pX TIL when “Star Wars: Holiday Special” writer Vilanch warned Lucas about building a story around characters who don’t speak, he was met with a “glacial” look. With Lucas’s attention elsewhere, the show became an abomination and he would later regret not exercising a tighter grip over the production.
1aDQ4 TIL Polygamy was legal in Bavaria, Germany after the 30-years-war. The war killed so many people - the population dropped from 16 million to 4 million - that in 1650 a law in Bavaria allowed men to marry up to 10 wives.
DNve TIL that when Soviet Marshal Georgy Zhukov visited the US, he developed a great liking for Coca-Cola, but he couldn’t be seen drinking it in public as it was a symbol of capitalism. To get around this, he had a special variant of transparent coke made to resemble vodka, which was more acceptable.
BrJAK TIL: That in the 1980s a group of scientist found that male Jewel beetles in Australia were mating with discarded beer bottles as they looked like very sexually attractive females; glossy, dimpled and brown. Afterwards, the beer company changed their bottle design.