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TIL in 1996, an Boy Scout working on his Atomic Energy badge created the first nuclear reactor ever made by a private US citizen.

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Br4ke TIL that while mustangs are often referred to as wild horses, because they are descended from once-domesticated horses, they are actually feral horses.
e0awL TIL the word “factoid” was invented by Norman Mailer in his 1973 biography of Marylin Monroe. He defined it as things which are not necessarily true, but are repeated so often people think they are.
R57nQ TIL of Skeuomorphs, objects designed to look like an older version of the same object. Examples include fake buckles on leather shoes, rivets on jeans, mechanical arms on slot machines, and digital apps designed to look like their analog equivalent.
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W7YZA TIL that the cerebellum, despite only taking up 10% of the brain's volume, has more neurons than the rest of the brain put together.