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Korea Superconducting Tokamak Advanced Research (KSTAR), the so-called "Korean artificial sun," fusion device has set a world record by maintaining plasma at over 100 million °C (180 million °F) for 20 seconds.

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X01BP TIL that from 1991 until 2019, women were not allowed to wear trousers in Sudan.
kJx5W TIL:Iin 2001, the eponymous 'Girl from Ipanema' (Heloísa Pinheiro) wanted to capitalize on the famous song by naming her boutique 'Garota de Ipanema', and was subsequently sued by the song's copyright holders.
LJrV TIL in 1988 a cargo plane was trying to deliver much needed medical supplies to hurricane victims of Honduras, but the tarmac was filled with unsolicited and unneeded donations so the plane was turned away. 60% of items donated after a disaster can’t be used.
xjr0 TIL a 1995 television documentary film called “The Dying Rooms” was made about Chinese state orphanages. The film documents rooms where babies and children (mostly disabled/female) were left to die of thirst or starvation as it was illegal to kill a child directly but not through neglect.
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