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TIL In 1973, the US government stopped research into thorium based nuclear reactors as, unlike Uranium reactors, their byproducts could not be used to make nuclear weapons

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711M TIL: Europe banned ISPs from charging for faster network access in April - in Slovenia and Holland it is already national law.
V4pB TIL During the 1970’s an amazing experiment was undertaken where several families lived in an Iron Age village for fifteen months, the footage taken was later turned into a TV documentary
XEQpP TIL that Eurasian beavers nearly went extinct but were successfully reintroduced to their original range and are now considered a "Least Concern" species
nedXr TIL Cuban family winery uses condoms during fermentation process
ZOno TIL Japanese researchers have created a fire-alarm for the deaf. It’s a gadget that emits a wasabi mist which will wake the endangered person and get them out of the building alive!