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TIL Gary Larson (Far Side cartoonist), has a species of chewing lice named after him, Strigiphilus Garylarsoni

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e09Rk TIL that short people live longer than taller ones on average
7reLM TIL That the Pantheon is still standing after two millennia because the Romans used better quality concrete than we do
Me7AA National Geographic Emerging Explorer Leslie Dewan is helping to revolutionize the nuclear power industry by designing a safer, more efficient alternative to today’s reactors.Conventional nuclear reactors only use about 3 to 4 percent of uranium’s accessible energy. The energy left behind is what makes conventional nuclear waste—radioactive for hundreds of thousands of years—so dangerous. Extracting more of the available energy reduces the radioactive lifetime of the waste. To this end, Dewan is helping to develop techniques that extract 96 percent of the available energy.
M7DrV TIL One of the most influential Hip-Hop producers was a Jewish man from NYC.
WkQ7d TIL Taxi drivers in Ireland carry emergency service radios and defibrillators in their cars to tackle suicide in the country