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TIL that 440 nuclear reactors provide 10% of the worlds total electricity.

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kOPO7 TIL of the largest fire in American history, the Peshtigo fire in Wisconsin. It was on the exact same day as the great Chicago fire so it was largely forgotten. There were 2,000 casualties.
DO7r TIL A giant insect nicknamed the tree lobster was thought to be extinct for 80 years, but was rediscovered in 2001 on a remnant of an ancient volcano peak in the middle of the ocean.
9KMB TIL that in 1955, Hiroshima survivor Rev. Kiyoshi Tanimoto, on tour to raise funds for victims of the blast, was tricked into meeting with Enola Gay co-pilot Capt. Robert A. Lewis on national television
lB17 TIL only once has a submarine sunk another sub while both were underwater
Bgky TIL that the ‘irrational’ urge of a slave to escape his master was medically referred to as Drapetomania. A common prescription was removal of the big toes.