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TIL Florida passed a bill in1967 which would allow Disney to build their own nuclear power plant at Disney World, that law still stands

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jNn7a TIL that the gravity on the ISS is almost the same as it is on Earth. Satellites orbit by constantly freefalling around the Earth, and freefall causes weightlessness.
694RY TIL Belgium, Wisconsin has a large Luxembourgish population and Luxemburg, Wisconsin a large Belgian population due to a clerical error in processing their name applications
6Odw TIL Planning permission in London was refused for a building. The requester asked to put a tank there instead. Permission was granted for a “septic tank”. Man puts a T34 tank there, points the gun at the council offices, and leaves it there for 21 years.
Lkgyr TIL Henry Cavill refused to use steroids to muscle up for his Superman role in "Man of Steel". He believed that it would have been dishonest of him to use trickery while playing Superman, and he wanted to push his body to the limits, to develop his physique into one that was Superman-worthy.
pY8Wb TIL Joshua Trees are not actually Trees, but Succulents. However, they are considered trees of the desert.