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TIL Canadian authorities established D’Arcy Island as a leprosy colony, where mostly Chinese men were quarantined and left to die between 1891 to 1924

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VDM8 TIL two MIT grads are designing a nuclear power plant that can use nuclear waste as a source of fuel, produce 75 times more energy per ton of fuel, and utilize 96% of supplied fuel, vs only 4% used with traditional designs. It will also be virtually accident proof and cheap to build.
oPyE TIL the tool that is clapped together by film makers before filming a scene is called a “clapboard” and is used to synchronize the audio with the video later in production by matching the clapping sound with the movement of the clapboards arm.
6EJ1J TIL You are 10 times more likely to get bitten by a New Yorker than a shark.
bQeZ TIL Starbucks is donating 100% of their leftover prepared meals to charity. They’ve been donating pastries since 2010, but refrigerated vans will now allow each of the 7,600 stores to distribute all the food that remains unsold at the end of the day while keeping it safe to eat
ANX0B TIL Dr. Joyce Brothers first got famous by winning on The $64,000 Question; because she correctly answered a string of questions about boxing, CBS hired her to be the first ever female on-air boxing commentator