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TIL that the singer Duffy disappeared from the spotlight for years to recover from being "raped and drugged and held hostage over some days"

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d9MK TIL that during a US nuclear test, a 2000 lb steel plate was blasted off the top of a test shaft at a speed of 41 miles/second. That is six times escape velocity.
d8oj TIL that according to the DoE, if subsidies are taken away Wind and Hydro are the cheapest forms of generating electricity
JY5VB TIL Quentin Blake, probably best known for Roald Dahl illustrations, also illustrated books written by Dr. Seuss and William Steig
4GyN TIL between 2007 and 2012, drug wholesalers shipped 780 million oxycodone and hydrocodone doses to West Virginia, or 433 pills per person. During this time, 1,728 people in the state fatally overdosed on the painkillers.
xVAW1 TIL Queen Alexandra's Birdwing, native to Papua New Guinea and named in honor of Alexandra of Denmark, is the largest butterfly in the world. Females have wingspans reaching 25cm/9.8in and males are smaller. The first specimen was taken with a small shotgun. It is currently listed as endangered.