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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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8BDV TIL that a man raped his son’s rapist for revenge.
lo5EV TIL Prince Pedro of Portugal fell in love with his wife's maid, Inês de Castro. After his wife died, his father, King Afonso IV, desired he remarry but not to Inês. Pedro refused; so, the King had Inês killed. Pedro captured two of her killers and publicly executed them by tearing out their hearts.
5VQP8 TIL scientists believe people started wearing clothes between 83k and 170k years ago because that's when clothing lice diverged from head lice.
pjP4 TIL that Tito, tired of Stalin’s attempts to assassinate him, openly wrote: “Stop sending people to kill me. We’ve already captured five of them, one of them with a bomb and another with a rifle. (…) If you don’t stop sending killers, I’ll send one to Moscow, and I won’t have to send a second.”
PD7w TIL: In Mexico City 10 squats will earn you a free subway ticket