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TIL nuclear power is by far safest power source in the world, and yet it is also the most feared.

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x6vK5 TIL Female Hyenas have a penis (technically a pseudo-penis) which they use for urination, intercourse, and giving birth.
VB5x8 TIL that during WWII, B.F. Skinner’s Project Pigeon trained homing pigeons as missile pilots. Trained to peck a target image on a screen in a missile’s nose cone, their pecks steered the fins to guide bombs toward enemy ships amid battle chaos until radar guidance replaced the project.
R7ega TIL there are three common musical key signature naming systems in use: The C-D-E-F-G-A-B system in the Anglosphere and East Asia, C-D-E-F-G-A-H system used in the historically German influenced areas and do-re-mi-fa-sol-la-si solfege in all Romance speaking and influenced countries/colonies
gkX TIL Pamela Adlon from “Louis” did the voice of Bobby Hill from “King of the Hill”, Spinelli from “Recess”, and various voices on “Rugrats”.
b68R4 TIL peak preference for current popular music occurs around 17. Most people dislike music released before they were born, like music released during their childhood, love music released during their mid to late teens, and start to dislike current popular music starting around their mid thirties.