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TIL more Americans identify as Independent than as Democrat or Republican

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nr7 TIL a man proposed to his girlfriend by contacting a level-developer to make a Portal 2 custom level that led into a wedding chapel in which Ellen McLain (the voice of GLaDOS) popped the question.
gMRp9 Today I learned about Thorcon, an energy company that is partnering with the Indonesian government to set up Thorium power plants that produce just as much as coal plants and cost less, as well as having no risk of meltdown, all the while being mass-produceable.
D1YlJ TIL An Ohio judge once sentenced a woman to sit in the "stinkiest, smelliest" area of a garbage dump for 8 hours, as a punishment for neglecting her dog. "If you puke, you puke."
7rNer TIL The late famous Swedish DJ Tim Bergling's stage name Avicii "means the lowest level of hell, it's just cool," Avicii told USA TODAY back in 2012. Indeed, in Buddhism, Avīci is a hell where dead who have sinned will, after enduring punishment, be reborn. Rest in peace Tim.
rRwpe TIL it is estimated that approximately 70% of people at some point in their life will experience 'Imposter Syndrome', where they don't believe that they deserve their success and are worried about being found out as a 'fraud'.