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TIL Benjamin Franklin’s son, William, was the leader of the British Loyalists during the Revolutionary War and spent the remainder of his life in exile in London after the British defeat

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kJpB1 TIL there is enough actinide metal (thorium and uranium) on Earth to sustain Breeder Reactors, which produce more fissile material than they consume, leading to enough fuel to satisfy the world's energy needs at 1983 levels for 5-billion years, making nuclear energy effectively renewable
X0r0j TIL Gabe Kaplan -- Mr. Kotter on "Welcome Back Kotter -- went on to become a professional poker player and, for many poker fans, the definitive poker TV "color" commentator, before retiring earlier this year
VkL0 TIL In 1968 a car, transporting 300M Yen (9M USD) was pulled over by a motorcycle cop claiming that the car had been rigged with explosives. The cop got under the car to defuse the device. When the car started to smoke, everybody ran. Then the ‘cop’ just drove away. The robbery remains unsolved.
PYlKJ TIL that "Dora the Explorer" is a pun on the Spanish word for explorer: "exploradora"
WK49 TIL that cannabis use is completely legal in North Korea