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TIL nuclear power is one of the cleaner and least wasteful forms of energy

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rRJ5o TIL in 1923 Illinois officially passed legislation replacing English with 'American' as their official language, making it the only state in the Union where people legally 'speak American'
JYYgV TIL that the handshake originated as a way of showing that you didn't have a weapon
WkXgo TIL that the English word for "alphabet" comes from the first two letters of the Greek alphabet, "alpha" and "beta". The biblical phrase, "alpha and omega", meaning "beginning and end", comes from the first and the last letters of the Greek alphabet, "alpha" and "omega".
XZ6r TIL that an investment bank which lost 75% of its employees in 9/11 sued American Airlines for negliegence in allowing terrorists on board, and won $135 million
LkwXp TIL plant albinism exists and because of the lack of chlorophyll on their leaves they have to suck energy from the roots of neighboring plants making them essentially - vampires