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

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m1KYv TIL that Keith Flint of the Prodigy owned and ran a pub in England - he had a jar that any customer had to put a pound in if they made a Firestarter joke as he lit the fire
5Y1Yp TIL that the expression "wearing your heart on your sleeve" comes from the Middle Ages where people would litterally pin the name of their loved one on their sleeve for all to see.
b9Kd9 TIL: An Alaskan husky in the Iditarod will burn about 9,666 calories each day; a rate of caloric burn 3.5 times that of a human Tour de France cyclist. The aerobic capacity of a typical Iditarod dog is three times that of a human Olympic marathon runner.
69YZ8 TIL Beatles super fans called Apple Scruffs had a goal of making the band's lives better by helping the security, helping bring food, etc
A7ll TIL there was a successful peaceful revolution in Iceland from 2009-2011 where the citizens of Iceland forced their prime minister & his whole government to resign by banging pots & pans. [none of this was televised]