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xV4MB TIL A piece of Martian meteorite is being returned to the red planet by NASA - this is the first time humans will bring a rock back to the surface of its original celestial body
QJwGa TIL that France produces 80% of its electricity from nuclear power. Highly radioactive nuclear waste from its production amounts to 10g/year/person. For a person living a 100 years, this amounts to a cube with a side length of 3.8 cm (1.5 inches) - roughly 2/3 the size of a standard Rubick's Cube.
DnoP TIL that during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a Russian submarine ordered a nuclear bomb to be launched against America thinking war had broken out on the surface, but was stopped by one man, single-handedly preventing nuclear war
D169p TIL China recorded the second highest death toll during WWII, totaling 14 million casualties
VM6oQ TIL that a cat was arrested by the Thai police for breaking quarantine regulations.