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TIL part of Holland can be flooded to keep an invading army out, transforming Holland into an island

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YOm7 TIL: A teen in Michigan built a working nuclear reactor. He taught himself how to build it as a weekend hobby project in his basement from ages 15-17 for $3500.
XEaYQ TIL about Vlado Taneski, a journalist who wrote about the women he killed. He was discovered by authorities after he wrote details of the crime in his work that was not released to the public.
woJdW TIL that The Diomede Islands are only 2.4 miles apart but are in different calendar days due to the International Date Line, 21 hours apart. The Big Diomede (part of Russia), is almost a full day ahead of the eastern island, Little Diomede (part of the USA).
oBgQo TIL that the three great minds: Werner Heisenberg, Niels Bohr and Erwin Schrödinger behind Quantum Mechanics all read from and greatly respected the Vedas, the ancient Indian Sanskrit texts on spirituality. Schrödinger even mentioned this in a book he wrote called "My view of the world."
6dpm TIL that some ancient sling bullets excavated from the city of Athens, Greece were inscribed with the word “ΔΕΞΑΙ” (dexai), which translates to “catch!”