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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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NAWJ TIL the Kauai Humane Society has an awesome program for dog-loving tourists. Visitors can borrow a shelter dog for day trips in paradise.
VMQnD TIL about Moe Berg, the “strangest man to ever play baseball,” who spoke several languages and found a post-baseball career as a US spy during World War II and was ordered to kill Werner Heisenberg if the Nazis came close to building a nuclear bomb.
R7nNj TIL If you're coming to work consistently sleep-deprived you're basically functioning drunk.
wLxl1 TIL that the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation offers $100,000 grants to people trying to make better condoms.
4XK8X TIL that the political terms “left”, “right”, and “center” originated from the seating arrangement of the French Parliament after the French Revolution. Moderates sat in the center, conservatives on the right, etc.