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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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Y4EZ TIL the possible origin of the phrase “knock on wood” comes from Germanic folklore, “wherein dryads are thought to live in trees, and can be invoked for protection.”
v1mR8 TIL of Forrest Bird, the creator of some of the first reliable mass-produced mechanical ventilators. He sold his first units to the army, and they were made of strawberry shortcake tins and door knobs.
v1pKr TIL that The Great Pyramid of Giza, the oldest by over 1000 years, is also the only one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World still standing.
kJ6B4 TIL the West Shore Line railroad tracks go under a large portion of the US Military Academy at West Point, NY
e0Gbk TIL The Department Of Homeland Security, the third largest cabinet department after the DoD and VA was created less than 20 years ago in response to 9/11.