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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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wLGE1 TIL that Einstein was born missing part of the brain that influences speech and did not speak until the age of three. However, his parietal lobe, responsible for math and spatial recognition, was abnormally large
JYy6V TIL the famous Wiggles hand gesture was created due to child safety concerns. The gesture ensures that their hands are visible at all times in all photos.
EgVAo TIL that Loofahs are vegetables in the squash family and can be eaten as well as dried and used as sponges
0w7b5 TIL Wikipeida have tried to adopt a mascot. Suggestions have been a monkey behind a typewriter, an amoeba, Cliff Clavin (from Cheers), The Thinker, an owl, slime mold, termites. The most common mascot is the anime influenced Wikipie-Tan, a Moe personification of the site. She's still unofficial.
DN7D TIL that at an Amazon.com warehouse in Pennsylvania, workers were required to work – in some cases walking 15 miles a day – in 100+ degree heat. When the news broke, Amazon’s initial response was to keep an ambulance outside the warehouse.