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TIL in the 1950s a scientist used a mirror to focus the enery from a nuclear explosion to light his cigarette

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9bgD TIL in France, it is illegal for grocery stores to throw away edible food. Stores must donate edible, unused food to charity or facilities that process it into animal feed or compost.
doYE TIL Genghis Khan’s may have killed as many people with swords and arrows as WWII did with tanks, guns, and the nuclear bomb
rRly TIL There is a robot that is 4m tall, has a Gatling gun, and is controlled by your Iphone that you can purchase for $1.35m
jNEdv TIL Tetris has an official sequel. Called "Welltris", it was developed by the original creator 5 years after the creation of Tetris, retains that game's falling-block puzzle gameplay but extends the pit into three dimensions while the blocks remain two-dimensional, with the board viewed from above.
mx09Y TIL that in 1890 author Robert Louis Stevenson ('The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde') publicly denounced a well-known priest for slandering Father Damien of Molokai, who had dedicated his life to treating leprosy and died of it as a result. The priest's name was Dr. Charles Hyde.