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TIL France generates roughly 73% of it's electricity from Nuclear Power, is one of the world's largest exporters of power, and has not had a single nuclear related fatality.

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Z8wmp TIL that in light of the violence caused by kids trying to obtain limited Jordan’s, Hakeem Olajuwon released a cheap, $15 shoe and try and end the appeal of expensive shoe wear, stating: “How can a poor working mother with three boys buy Nikes or Reeboks that cost $120?”
PYZwe TIL Crabs feel pain
eN9D TIL: One night in 1998, activists from the Animal Liberation Front crept onto a farm in the New Forest, England. Their goal was to save a group of 6,500 minks. No sooner were they freed than the minks went on a rampage. Guinea pigs, cats, chickens, and water voles all fell victim to the mink hordes.
VMyQG TIL that ex-presidents are not allowed to drive
DQQED TIL Credit Scores in the US didnt exist until 1989