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TIL Nuclear power has 4,000 times fewer deaths per watt produced than coal.

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kJJ8d TIL that Xanadu is an alternative name for Shangdu, the summer capital of Kublai khan and the yuan dynasty in general. The name Xanadu itself and its meaning as a metaphor for a place of opulence was popularized by Samuel Taylor Coleridge in his poem about Kublai khan.
0g9y TIL Thelma Schoonmaker, Martin Scorsese’s editor for the last 44 years, doesn’t read the script before she edits one of Martin Scorsese’s movies. This is done so she will have “a cold and objective point of view.” She has edited every one of Scorsese’s movies since “Raging Bull.” (item #23)
KXkE TIL in the late 19th Century, a woman named Nellie Bly became an investigative journalist, had herself committed to expose poor conditions at mental institutions, traveled the world in under 80 days, married a millionaire, and became an industrialist.
yVnl TIL that in Islamic Law, A literate Prisoner of War can secure his/her freedom by teaching ten Muslims to read and write.
ejE TIL: diamonds aren’t forever. Diamonds are coated with boric acid during jewelry rework to seal out oxygen and keep them from burning