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TIL That Jellyfish Can Shut Down Nuclear Reactors

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KOAOJ TIL that International Master Jeremy Silman created the Chess puzzle for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone where Ron sacrifices himself, but wasn't credited for his role, while "everyone from the hairdressers to the donut delivery boy" were.
a8Jd0 TIL about The 'Keeper of the Apes' - British forces who cared for a population of Barbary macaques in Gibraltar from 1915 to 1991,
oBgLL TIL Senator John Edwards was arrested and indicted on Federal charges for allegedly using his 2008 Presidential campaign funds to cover up an extramarital affair.
KYAg6 TIL of the BIER Party, a political party in Vienna, Austria that calls for aptitude testing for politicians, as well as a ban on radlers.
QJw5p TIL that Brisbane was originally founded as a penal colony for convicts who comitted new offences after they had arrived in Australia.