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TIL that there is a very expensive Nuclear Power Plant under construction in England that is 33% owned by China.

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v1nnj TIL that Black actor Trevor Laird was scripted to appear in a sex scene with a white girl in the film Quadrophenia, but the producers demanded he be excluded from it in case the film was shown in the southern US or South Africa.
l7YA5 TIL researchers at the University of Georgia have built a device named the "Wasp Hound", which contains a parasitic wasp species trained to recognize various odors like explosives or drugs. The wasps are tracked by a computer which triggers an alarm when enough wasps seemingly focus in on a scent.
awPMN TIL that snails/slugs can effortlessly glide over sharp edge of a knife or a razor without harming itself
oBeMK TIL the author of Peter Pan gifted his rights to the story to a children’s hospital in 1929, which has benefited to this day.
wLNRP TIL that Color-Changing Inks Can Be Printed onto Clothing to Warn the Wearer About Potential Health Issues