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TIL The Japanese sports equipment company ASICS is an acronym for “anima sana in corpore sano” Latin for “sound body, sound mind”

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rDyy TIL about the Integral Fast Reactor, a nuclear reactor that is fully sealed and will not require refueling until the end of plant life. It is also meltdown-proof, and can reuse its fuel many times by reprocessing fuel using robotic arms sealed with the reactor. None exist today because of politics.
7gRp TIL There is a fruit by the name of Black Sapote or “chocolate pudding fruit” which tastes like chocolate pudding and is actually low fat and has about “4 times as much vitamin C as an orange”.
5VnK9 TIL about Hunger Stones that were embedded into rivers during droughts in Central Europe to mark the water level as a warning to future generations. One stone reads "if you see me, weep".
a8MQM TIL Jason Statham had competed for England in 10 metre, 3 metre and 1 metre competitionsat the 1990 Commonwealth Games
DdPJ TIL that in 1996 Green Day received a letter from an angry parent. This is the response from then-24-year-old Billie Joe Armstrong.