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TIL that our use of "Nuclear Power" in "Nuclear Power Plants" is simply used to just boil water.

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wo6jP TIL that knocking on wood was a thing because people used to believe that spirits lived in trees and knocking would give you luck.
NXydJ TIL That the term 'Superhero' is a trademark owned by Marvel and DC Comics, and competitors need to apply to them for a license to use it
QJj0L TIL that the tribesmen of Tana Toraja dig up the corpses of the dead every year and party with them.
XmDr TIL there’s an ongoing “loudness war” in the music industry that is being condemned by Bob Dylan and Alan Parsons. The Dynamic Range Reduction on new releases is decreasing the quality of the audio and creating a distorted “wall of sound” effect.
NboJ TIL that the Iranian government banned the mullet as a measure to “confront the cultural assault by the West”