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TIL A coal power plant produces more radioactive waste than a nuclear power plant producing the same amount of energy

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b9x1Z TIL that with a budget of 11 billion dollars the NYPD would be the 27th highest budgeted military in the world
P1OKV TIL about ambigrams which are calligraphic writing of word so they can have similar or different meanings when viewed in different orientations.
xVpAD TIL The Author of the "Footprints in the sand" poem is disputed
VBOnD Today I learned that beluga whales have squishy (and very cute) heads that assist with echolocation (credit: Randomness-youtube)
QJMxM TIL Einstein's gravitational wave theory was proved right 100 years later