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TIL That Jellyfish Can Shut Down Nuclear Reactors

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DQAjj TIL: Antarctica is the largest desert in the world. A desert is a barren area of landscape where little precipitation occurs and, consequently, living conditions are hostile for plant and animal life.
RaZ9 TIL that a man once wrestled a bear, had his leg mutilated, was left for dead, woke up, set the wound on his own, and crawled over 200 miles for six weeks back to his home town, and then set out to find the men who left him to die
1JM4 TIL the “rain room” in London, makes rain fall everywhere in the room except the spot your standing.
vweR TIL that people suffering from schizophrenia may hear “voices” differently depending on their cultural context. In the United States, the voices are harsh and threatening; in Africa and India, they are more benign and playful.
KYwnE TIL of the Battle of Tettenhall, where the Anglo-Saxons caught a Viking Raider force before the Vikings could get back to their boats and annihilated them.