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TIL Coal fired power stations emit 100x more radiation than Nuclear power stations

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nBXY TIL when Nadia Comaneci got a perfect ten for the first time in Olympic history, the scoreboard read “1.00” because the scoreboard manufacturer was told not to add a fourth digit place because “a perfect ten is not possible”
WEmL TIL that Elvis Presley was obsessed with Karate and even used his skills to fight off 4 attackers who came at him during a show.
X0nXP TIL Morrissey had security search his fans for meat products on the way into one of his gigs in 2011. Morrissey who is vegetarian, had previously stopped a gig because someone was throwing sausages at him
ZRAp TIL that finnish people recieves a top hat and a sword when completing their doctoral degree.
E1O1p TIL of Patent Trolls or Patent Hoarding. Evidently, they acquire and hold useful patents with no intention of developing the technology, and then sue anyone who tries to use a similar idea.