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TIL: Helium is generated by radioactive decay, is a non-renewable resource, physically escapes into space, is used in applications such as MRIs, breathing mixtures and welding gas, and has no substitute.

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NRP TIL that Skyrim is the first video game developed entirely by non-Japanese companies to receive a perfect rating from them.
E1LGX TIL The Beatles song "Savoy Truffle" was about Eric Clapton, who at the time was having a candy addiction. George Harrison wrote the song as a warning to him.
OG4p6 TIL that following bad losses in the 1946 Midterm elections Senator Fulbright suggested that Truman appoint a Republican VP and then resign. This way, Dems would have policies to run against in the 1948 General election. Truman responded that he did not care what "Senator Halfbright" suggested.
5Vlkp TIL we've had electric cars since the late 1800s. Some early electric cars could go as fast as 25mph and lasted 50 miles without needing a recharge.
E1JJ0 TIL that there are several real species and genera which were named after characters or creatures of the Harry Potter universe, including several spiders, two genera of stink bugs and even a dinosaur.