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TIL experimental Thorium nuclear fission isn’t only more efficient, less rare than Uranium, and with pebble-bed technology is a “walk-away” (or almost 100% meltdown proof) reactor; it cannot be weaponized making it the most efficiant fuel source in the world

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5Y0Qr TIL The person who wrote the lyrics for the second and third Soviet national anthems, Sergey Mikhalkov, also lived to write the lyrics for the current national anthem of Russia.
neV7 TIL on September 6, 1949, a mentally disturbed WWII vet killed 13 of his neighbors and injured 3 more in what is considered the first single-episode mass murder in US history. When he died in 2009, his last words were “I’d have killed a thousand if I had enough bullets.”
GANL5 TIL, "Ratfucking" which means the pillaging of the most desirable part of Meal, Ready-to-Eat (MRE) is common in the US military. In this situation, the more senior personnel will open up the packages, take the best ones of each MRE packages while leaving the trash ones for the newbies.
kJege TIL about the Toronto Circus Riot of 1855 - a group of clowns got into a fight with a group of firefighters at a brothel, which led to a massive riot. The end result was large scale police reform in Toronto.
KaLB TIL carrots aren’t actually that good for rabbits, since they are high in sugar, and they don’t form a natural part of their diet.