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TIL Coal-fired power plants produce more radioactive waste than nuclear power plants

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LngQ TIL: that when women were excluded from the World Anti-Slavery Convention of 1840 in London and forced to sit in a “no speaking section”, William Lloyd Garrison, the conference’s keynote speaker, refused to give his speech and sat with the women, “dominating the convention without saying a word”.
wLP0W TIL that if you add 250ml of ethanol to 250ml of water, you get less than 500ml of liquid. This is because strong hydrogen bonding draws the different molecules closer together, and because ethyl molecules interfere with any open spaces in the water, causing them to pack closer together.
kOLWB TIL that the earliest-living historical person known by name is Iry-Hor, a predynastic pharaoh who ruled over Upper Egypt in around 3200 BC. His dynasty is regarded in Egyptology as 'Dynasty 0' - the first out of 30 dynasties that reigned over Egypt.
ZpyoY TIL radioactive powder from a stolen radiotherapy unit was spread throughout a town in Brazil in 1987 as people were fascinated by its blue glow. They spread the dust in their homes showing it to family and friends, a 6 year old girl ingested some of it. 112,000 people were tested for contamination.
O67e TIL David Bowies left pupil is permanently dilated after a fight he got in when he was 15.