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TIL by weight fat is 15 times more energy dense than TNT.

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VMmwp TIL Ukrainian KGB directorate repeatedly reported to Moscow on systematic safety breaches during Chernobyl construction works between 1976 and 1979 and reported in 1984 on deficiencies in the third and fourth reactors
a8QVJ TIL the Carolwood Pacific Railroad, Walt Disney’s famous backyard railroad, was operational for only 3 years.
BwAe TIL Rhesus Monkeys had their own Milgrim Experiment equivalent, and performed FAR better than humans in altruistic behavior. The majority of monkeys DID NOT shock the other monkeys, some choosing to starve for almost 2 weeks rather than to harm others.
9dNG TIL that ending a sentence with a preposition isn’t wrong in English
6ekl TIL that so many British people make tea after the tv show “Eastenders” finishes, that backup power stations go on standby to cope with the massive surge in electricity