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wkxM TIL in 2008 a California nuclear plant was taken offline due to “a rapid influx of jellyfish”
brK0 TIL in literature there is a principle called Chekhov’s gun. This principle requires that every element in a text is necessary with no extra information at all.
8eegb TIL that the Ignalina nuclear power plant located in eastern Lithuania is identical to the Chernobyl plant in Pripyat. The plant remained operational until 2009 and was used as the set for the HBO Chernobyl miniseries.
5YdJP TIL polar bears' liver have a vitamin A content so high, its considered poisonous. When hunting them, the livers are buried or burned to prevent the hunter's dogs from eating them.
Y769d TIL of Cincinnatus, a Roman leader, who after retiring to a simple life of farming, was summoned to assume complete control of the state when Rome was struggling against an enemy. After achieving a swift victory in mere days, Cincinnatus relinquished all his powers, and returned to labor on his farm