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TIL Coal power stations are 100 times more radioactive than nuclear power plants during normal operation.

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WaQ8 TIL that the government of the Czech Republic has renamed the country “Czechia”
1nvV TIL each pawn in chess used to have its own name, after one of several commoners’ occupations.
M7RYm TIL that people with blue eyes are more prone to alcoholism.
pY4MO TIL that divorce is illegal in two places in the world: Philippines (except Muslims who have the right to divorce) and the Vatican City, an ecclesiastical sovereign city-state, which has no procedure for divorce.
QJxV9 TIL Diarrhea kills more children than AIDS, malaria, and measles combined; the depletion of bodily fluids from Diarrhea can cause "profound" dehydration, killing thousands of kids everyday.