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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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N7ExE TIL the deepest swimming pool in the world is the "Y-40 Deep Joy" in Italy. A staggering 130ft (40m) at it's deepest point, equivalent to the height of a 14 storey building, holding 4300 cubic meters of water! There's even a glass tunnel for spectators running a couple of meters below the surface.
rvGw TIL that according to Greek mythology, humans were originally created with four arms, four legs and a head with two faces. Fearing their power, Zeus split them into two separate parts, condemning them to spend their lives in search of their other halves. ― Plato, The Symposium
7kgZ TIL in Sweden it is legal to sell sex for money, but illegal to buy it.
0wjVM TIL in 2019 the US government ran "Crimson Contagion", an exercise simulating the outbreak of a respiratory virus, resulting in 110 million cases, 7.7 million hospitalizations, and 586,000 deaths
kJkGW TIL about the 1980 Sunshine Skyway bridge disaster in St. Petersburg, Florida, U.S. The original bridge collapsed when it was struck by the freighter MV Summit Venture. 35 people died, including passengers on a Greyhound Bus.